first and or second drivers 118 120 with snap rings 148 150 to prevent relative axial movement therebetween referring back to fig3 and 4 springs 152 154 may be used to re engage the clutch gear members 128 130 with the drivers 118 120 when the locking differential 100 is not in an overrunning condition referring now to fig6 and 7 the output shaft 110 may be restrained from axial displacement i e axial means along a rotational or centerline axis 156 of the locking differential 100 with a clip 158 which may take the form of c clip snap ring or some equivalent coupling mechanism in the illustrated embodiment the clip 158 is a c clip located within a groove 162 formed in the output shafts 110 although not shown in fig6 the output shaft 112 may be restrained in a similar fashion using a clip identical to clip 158 accordingly one purpose of the clip 158 is to prevent relative axial motion between the output shafts 110 112 and the side gears 124 126 respectively fig8 and 9 show the split center driver 116 where fig8 shows the first driver 118 and fig9 shows the second driver 120 in the illustrated embodiment the split center driver 116 is a two piece component and as noted above the first driver 118 is positioned on one side of the cross pin assembly 114 and the second.