I have the Use Limited Diff Lube Only tag on my 2000 Jeep Wrangler Dana
Easy to test. Just jack up the rear wheels and spin one forward. If the other side spins the same way, you have the limited slip or a locker. If it spins opposite, you have an open diff.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sJeePenn wrote:
jack the axle so the tires on the same axle are free to spin and spin one wheel if the other side turns the same direction you have limited if spin opposite what you spin the tire then nope you don't
If you have the tag, the odds favor you having limited slip. Why would there be a tag if there wasn't a limited slip?
You can determine you have limited slip by reading the tag on the cover.
Hey guys, thanks for the responses. This is why I ask the question: I gave my local Jeep dealership my VIN number and he provided me with something that is called a VIP report that shows all the options that my purchased (used) 2000 Wrangler supposedly has. I can not see anything on the paper work that indicates that my Jeep has a limited slip for my Dana 44 rear. I got reading some of our historical newsgroups messages concerning identifying Jeep diff types and I read where the Dana 44 limited slip has a tag on it indicating to use only limited lube only. Even though my VIP report does not indicate a limited slip, I do have the tag. So....I am a bit confused as to exactly what I have. Everyone's comments please!
I don't get it.
2 of us told you how to check it. So??????It is a used Jeep right? They (DC) put a pile of defective rear ends into the Jeeps so you could have literally any kind of rear in there as a replacement or the $tealer could have just added the tag to make folks think they are getting something better than is in there. If they did that, then suspect the odometer has been changed too. (not in your favor)
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sJeePenn wrote:
Hmmmm if memory serves, I think limited slip was 'standard' with the Dana44 option. Might be why it's not specifically listed on the VIP report you speak of. Then again, my memory might be wrong. :)
Best to check the way Jeff and Mike mentioned earlier I guess.
Dave
JeePenn proclaimed:
You could check your dealer output by going to
I have real trouble trying to find any gear oil of any GL number without the modifier already in up here in Canada Bill. It is a pain when I want to change tranny fluid. Thankfully that isn't often due to my added high water vent.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's"L.W.(ßill) Hughes III" wrote:
Bill, calm down and slow your rocking chair back down to a controlled speed.
GL-5 by itself does not imply that it has the required friction modifier additive for a limited slip differential. Neither does GL-6, the newer rating for axles that is slowing replacing GL-5. BUT... look on the back of any GL-5 or GL-6 gear lube you can find on any store shelf and it will have words to the effect "compatible with limited slip differentials".... which means the friction modifier additive is present. Since the friction modifier additive is compatible with axles with or without a clutch-based limited slip differential, the gear lube manufacturers add the additive to be safe. Believe, me, it's there... rare is the GL-5 or GL-6 that has not also had the additive added. Just try and find a common brand of GL-5 or GL-6 without it saying somewhere that it is compatible with limited slip differentials. They're out there but they're rare. Ok, rocking chair back up to hyper-warp speed again.
Jerry
L.W.(ßill) Hughes III wrote:
It sure plays hell with my stock Borg Warner 'World Class' T5 tranny's syncros.....
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's"L.W.(ßill) Hughes III" wrote:
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