I think if you throw a jack under the diff and put your rig in neutral then spin a tire with your hand if the other one goes the opposite direction it's stock if it spins the same direction you have the factory limited slip. Not sure on this but someone out there will make a correction if I'm out to lunch

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Is there any other way to tell?

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You cannot tell by visually looking at the outside of the housing. Your options are to pull it apart and look inside, or do the 'spin test' as mentioned before.

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the spinning method is fine, the fine print should read "traction adding device" instead of "posi"... you will get the same result for a posi, for a locker and for a spool...

sorry, didnt want to be a smartmouth, but i had to jump in ;o)

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Thanks man I've been spinning rear ends of Sammy's for close to ten years in wreckers not knowing for sure if what I was doing was the way to find that TRACTION DEVISE now I know to keep spinning !

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saw a funny sticker on my brother in-law's rig the other day:

"happiness is a tight POSI"

Just thought I'd drop by and share that bit of useless dribble with ya'll/.

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I was not totally sure the spin test would work with limited slip. I don't really know how it works I thought it was like a friction locker and would have to be spun under load for awhile to engage. Thanks for all the help.

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I didn't realize the limited slip was an option. Please tell me what years it came in and I'll poke around the junkyard looking for one. I'd like to put one on the rear.

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I only know about one zuk that has had one. We think my buddy has one in his but he got it used do it is hard to tell if it is the factory option or not. That is why I asked.

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I don't think limited slip was ever offered in a Samurai, so if he does have one than it is aftermarket, also I have seen Samurai's with the spider gears broke or scratched up and it appears that they have posi because the gears turn so hard that it acts like a limited slip!

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