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i just bought 2 quarts of royal purple 75w 90 gear oil and a bottle of ford racing friction modifier. i had put all of it in my rear end i just read on the royal purple bottle that it already contained a friction modifier. am i still ok to run both in my rear end?
 

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Brands like Royal Purple have friction modifier in them already and don't need it added, but adding extra won't hurt either. Again whether you need a friction modifier in the first place depends if you have a clutch pack based differential in the back, lockers, helical types don't need it.
 

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thanks

hi thanks for the info
bmo37 said:
Brands like Royal Purple have friction modifier in them already and don't need it added, but adding extra won't hurt either. Again whether you need a friction modifier in the first place depends if you have a clutch pack based differential in the back, lockers, helical types don't need it.
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