carrier question with gear and posi install

[FuryCharger]

if i install a 3.42 posi from a 3.23 open wat would i do about the carrier, i have no idea what this is about...someone said i may need to ge a new one

[98Camaro3.8]

The carrier is the differential. Your posi is the differential, and therefore is the carrier.

[ianwells100]

explain this to me, when u change from open diff. to lsd... ur changing the carrier then? doesnt this cause a possible problem with the gears, as u've changed the carrier, would u not need the gears 're-pressed' with those fancy specialist tools?

[98Camaro3.8]

A Limited Slip Differential is a completely new differential from the open diffy you've got in there. The gear just bolts directly onto the side of the differential. Only special tool needed is a torque wrench to tighten the bolts correctly.
If you were only upgrading to a LSD (what I did), then you would take the old one out, unbolt the gear, bolt it onto the new one, and install the LSD.

Here's a typical rear end. It's not exactly like ours, but close enough.
http://www.autosite.com/garage/subsys/07-01f.asp

[FuryCharger]

so if i were to buy 3.42 gears and posi, which i am going to do probbly off of ebay, what would i need to do other than buy the gears and posi and install it

[98Camaro3.8]

If you're installing new gears, I would take it to a shop to have it done correctly. Tolerances are very tight when it comes to new gears.

[FuryCharger]

yea i would for sure get it done by a shop but heres the site, are these the correct gears and posi to swap in my already existing 3.23 open?

[FuryCharger]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...spagename=WDVW heres the link to the geas and posi id want to buy,letme know if these wouldwork i i gave them t the shop to install

[98Camaro3.8]

Assuming they're in good shape, it would work fine.

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

yes those willl work will work

[Jaymatic]

ok I thought I had this figured out but some of these posts confused me. If I were to go from a 3.08 open diff to an LSD, I thought I needed to get new gears too? Can I really just get the LSD and use my 3.08's?

[98Camaro3.8]

The stock 3.08s will not work with the take-off LSD.

[Turbo V6 Camaro]

Originally posted by 98Camaro3.8:
The stock 3.08s will not work with the take-off LSD.

the action is for a LSD AND gears

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that is what you need in the action

[Jaymatic]

That's what I thought. But I think I might have either misinterpreted this post or am missing something when I read it.

Originally Posted by 98Camaro3.8:
A Limited Slip Differential is a completely new differential from the open diffy you've got in there. The gear just bolts directly onto the side of the differential. Only special tool needed is a torque wrench to tighten the bolts correctly.
If you were only upgrading to a LSD (what I did), then you would take the old one out, unbolt the gear, bolt it onto the new one, and install the LSD.

From what I bolded in that quote, to me it sounds like he only changed the LSD and kept the old gears? That is what confused me. I thought you needed new gears with the LSD. Am I missing something?

[Jaymatic]

Is it because he has the M5 so he had 3.23's, which I think 3.23's have a 3-series carrier and the LSD has a 3-series and the 3.08's are 2-series. Is this why it wouldn't work with the 3.08's or am I still missing sometihng here?