akonitony

I just had a nice surprise from my favorite M1008. I thought only the M1028 and M1031 came with the limited slip diff in the D60 front axle, but when I started the latest mod on my M1008, which is a lift using 52" M1009 rear springs in the front, I found out different. While I am sure there are many of you out there who already know this, I just figured I would type away a little because of the nice-find endorphins currently pulsing through my veins. I had already removed and rebuilt a D60F from my one and only M1031, which is a donor-mobile, thinking I would be doing much better with all wheel drive on the 1008.
Lo and behold, when I went to drain the front axle on the M1008, I recognized the carrier as the same exact one in the M1031 axle. Wow! My net worth just shot up some $500. While I and my dogs were all very happy to find this, my wife still didn't see the forest through the trees. Anyway, I finally realized how to tell which M1008 trucks have this wonderful-to-look-at-and-delightful-to-hold gizmo in their front axle. While one can look at the GVWR, which is 9600# on this M1008, the helper spring on the top of the rear leafs is also a nice way to tell. The weird thing is, they still have an NP208 TC in the M1008 trucks with the positrac front ends, so as far as I can tell, the helper springs and increased GVWR are the only way to tell. Anyway, that's really all I have to say about that.

PS: Ok, one more thing: There was no tag on the diff cover bolts letting you know it was a posi either. Isn't that wild?