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Old Sep 17, 2011 | 11:38 AM
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Does my 98 WS6 have the Auburn or the Torsen?
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From the factory production line,98s' and earlier got Auburn,99s' and later got Torsen.
If it's a SLP car,the SLP sheet would indicate if they put a different posi in it as an option after it left the factory and was in their facility.
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Cool. That's what I was thinking...so I'd be better off to upgrade to a torsen?
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Is there something wrong with your Auburn ?
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Cool. That's what I was thinking...so I'd be better off to upgrade to a torsen?
i personally like the torsen a little better, but i never noticed that much of a difference. if yours still makes both tires bite and doesn't make any odd noises i would just leave it.
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Auburns typically last 100,000+ miles before the cone clutches wear out and the unit starts acting like a non-posi. The weak point are the 'spiders' which break.
Torsens don't 'wear-out' but have 3 flaws/weak points. 1.the bolts holding the unit together break. 2.the bolts holding the unit together loosen/back-out and then break when they hit something internally in the rearend housing. 3.the flange holding the internal gearset in breaks at its' weak rib points.
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Yeah, I think mine is starting to just leave one black mark...what the best way to test if it is indeed not working?
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