Opinions on Selling Price Requested - 2011 GMC Yukon Denali AWD - Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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Have you considered sourcing a 2-speed transfer case and the appropriate button for the dash, and perhaps having the ECU programmed to allow for this?
If you like the truck as-is and don't want to spend super big money on a replacement this may be the best way to go. And you know what your maintenance has been! AND you can sell the old transfer case too! It's almost like a CHEAP upgrade, my favorite!

PS - Don't forget about those websites bringatrailer and carsandbids. Carsandbids only charges the buyer fees not you from what I have seen, although I haven't used it myself.
 

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it has the rear g80 locker and front limited slip, should do perfectly fine unless you are rock crawling in which case you would want something with a solid front axle anyway.

I have never heard of the front differential having a limited slip, unless it was added after the fact. Normally they don't put factory lockers in the front unless it's a selectable locker (electronic) because of the possibility that it engages and causes the driver to lose the ability to steer.
 

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I have never heard of the front differential having a limited slip, unless it was added after the fact. Normally they don't put factory lockers in the front unless it's a selectable locker (electronic) because of the possibility that it engages and causes the driver to lose the ability to steer.
it's not a locker, when 4wd is engaged it's limited slip on the front, the rear is a locker when it engages at speed if one wheel turns more revolutions than the other then it locks and both wheels spin same speed.
gm has as of 2022/23 made a front locker for certain model silverado's, reviews are "it works" but it's not for rock crawling
 

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it's not a locker, when 4wd is engaged it's limited slip on the front, the rear is a locker when it engages at speed if one wheel turns more revolutions than the other then it locks and both wheels spin same speed.
gm has as of 2022/23 made a front locker for certain model silverado's, reviews are "it works" but it's not for rock crawling
My build sheet mentions none of this other than G80 for the rear which I have verified (I played with that locking pawl) with my own eyes during an oil service and wheel seal service when the cover was removed. Was the front limited slip a special option or for Z71 or what? Unfortunately there's no way to see in there during a service unless sticking a fiber optic camera in through the fill hole.
 

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My build sheet mentions none of this other than G80 for the rear which I have verified (I played with that locking pawl) with my own eyes during an oil service and wheel seal service when the cover was removed. Was the front limited slip a special option or for Z71 or what? Unfortunately there's no way to see in there during a service unless sticking a fiber optic camera in through the fill hole.
GM doesn't really define what it is but from what I have read the front acts like limited slip when 4wd is engaged
 

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All GMT900 trucks have an open front diff.
If the front differential was limited slip, when locked, it would cause some unusual driving characteristics. Like I said prior I have never seen an OEM vehicle manufacturer install one in the front because it would be too large of a liability.
 

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