2014 Chevy Silverado g80 locker

skunkstripe · February 5, 2014

Love this truck 2014 Chevy Silverado 1500 Z71 4x4. Was just wondering about the g80 locker. Is that a Gm part or is it made by some other company. I was doing some reading online about the G80. The people who like it really like it. But then a few people really hate it. Just from what I have read online. This is my first dealings with a locker of any kind. Anyway was just wondering.

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Z45 · February 5, 2014

Its made by Eaton. What this video, Inside the Eaton G80 Locker

or this on on the G80

Or this one on difference between the G80 locker and the G80 Limited Slip differential.

No matter how good a product is, there will always be someone out there posting bad things about it.

skunkstripe · February 5, 2014

Great video thanks

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steig · February 5, 2014

Good info !

Carder09 · February 5, 2014

Maybe now they are a bit more reliable than what was/is installed in my year of truck.

skunkstripe · February 5, 2014

Here is a link to a video that I found explains the g80

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Well it won't let me attach the link

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SkippyG4 · March 7, 2016

and they are pure crap. numerous reports of blowing them out even with stock tires.

Txjose · March 8, 2016

and they are pure crap. numerous reports of blowing them out even with stock tires.

I have had 5 trucks with G80s and none of them have blown. 2 of them went over the 200K mile mark.

My colorado currently is at the 167K mile mark and i beat the ever living crap out of it plus 2 stages of nitrous lowered big rims and sometimes drag radials.

My dads 2005 silverado also has the G80 and at 135K not one issue.

My 2014 silverado has 60K and not one problem

Girlfriends 2014 silverado also 15K and not one issue.

Your comment is probably just based on regurgitating what you read on the Internet. Dont believe all of it. Lol

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SkippyG4 · March 8, 2016

I have had 5 trucks with G80s and none of them have blown. 2 of them went over the 200K mile mark.

My colorado currently is at the 167K mile mark and i beat the ever living crap out of it plus 2 stages of nitrous lowered big rims and sometimes drag radials.

My dads 2005 silverado also has the G80 and at 135K not one issue.

My 2014 silverado has 60K and not one problem

Girlfriends 2014 silverado also 15K and not one issue.

Your comment is probably just based on regurgitating what you read on the Internet. Dont believe all of it. Lol

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Then maybe its just the setups on the 2014's. We have blown 2 of them and after talking with the drivetrain shop they said they have seen many of these blow with stock setups.

Txjose · March 8, 2016

Then maybe its just the setups on the 2014's. We have blown 2 of them and after talking with the drivetrain shop they said they have seen many of these blow with stock setups.

We have 2 2014s and 2 2015s in my immediate family and none have had an issues....

My uncle towed a 10Klb trailer with his with less then 1000 miles on the OD lol

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glcbn · March 8, 2016

Your comment is probably just based on regurgitating what you read on the Internet. Dont believe all of it. Lol

I agree. How many of these failures are on vehicles where the go pedal never comes off the floorboards, or they are driven excessively and or unnecessarily hard.

Txjose · March 9, 2016

I agree. How many of these failures are on vehicles where the go pedal never comes off the floorboards, or they are driven excessively and or unnecessarily hard.

Not just that.... All you hear about is when things go bad.

You never see a thread of the thousands and thousands of owners saying "you know what... That G80 in my truck is doing a good job"

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Exhausted · March 12, 2016

The ones that blow up are usually due to doing burnouts and at the drag strip or on the trail putting it to the wood.

A locker is for low rpm traction issues.

If you want to do the other stuff you need a limited slip posi.

Use it for the intended purpose and it won't fail

Badass69 · March 12, 2016

The ones that blow up are usually due to doing burnouts and at the drag strip or on the trail putting it to the wood.

A locker is for low rpm traction issues.

If you want to do the other stuff you need a limited slip posi.

Use it for the intended purpose and it won't fail

Or buy a real locker and toss the G80 in the metal bin it belongs in. It's good for people that don't need a locker... like the folks that all switch to Tundras on here and still do absolutely fine lol. Open rear end with brake assist only in every one of those trucks....

A G80 is just a likely to rip teeth off the lock plate with buddy spinning on a boat launch as it is for guys supposedly abusing it. It's just a weak design and it has been since 1973.... but it works good enough... so on it stays.

No matter how you paint it or how many guys go on about never breaking one... a design built around the principle of shock loading itself to engage isn't a great design. It is what it is.

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UplandPa · March 14, 2016

I put 310,000 miles on my last truck with the G80 rear and had no issues. My brother just pulled the cover off his and it was bone dry, yet the G80 still works fine after refilling it, his truck has over 200,000 miles on it!

Unless you have some crazy horsepower or just beat the snot out of it, it'll easily last the life of your truck!