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Getting Turbo Yukon "Uncle Rob" Ready For Rocky Mountain Race Week! Posi Diff Install PT1: Tear Down

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The video begins with an introduction to the project, highlighting the goal of replacing the vehicle's "weak" factory differential with a new Posi unit to improve performance and reliability. The new limited-slip differential is showcased, emphasizing its stronger design compared to the standard open differential or the problematic G80 locker found in GM trucks and SUVs. The current state of the vehicle's rear end, including a rusty differential cover that is leaking fluid, is also noted, prompting its replacement.

Goal: Understand the project's purpose and the new components.

Tools and materials

  • New Posi Unit

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oh it smells horrible that's what she said we are going to be working on the rear end haha it's like a a posi unit of unknown type quantity i think came from quick performance uh but yeah the one of the weakest things on these trucks that you know about the trucks suvs all is the freaking diff in here they suck it's called a g80 locker and it sounds cool but it's not they don't lock for crap and they also will blow up when you start making power which is something we don't want to deal with so we're changing this now also we will be able to do really sweet burnouts so you can expect a video of that coming soon too this diff cover is actually so rusty that's leaking diff fluid so what the heck was that your sister i swear it had to be valerie had to put that there like freaking 15 years ago wow you just made a discovery for those of you who didn't know this used to be my dad's he was the original owner i wrote around this little kid and it looks like my sister left a present for us from the past freaking princess kitty cat well we're trying to get the spare tire out to have better visibility and everything to that and it doesn't need to be there it's heavy you know weight reduction and in typical gm truck form

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