Quick LSD question

[fred]

Try putting one wheel on grass and one on Tarmac and pull away. With an LSD you should just spin up the shel on the grass. I know this is true for alot of lsds but I have afeeling an atb wot behave this, anyone confirm this?

 

[weakboy2]

with both wheels off the ground, my quaife will spin both wheels in the same direction when one is turned. but if you have one wheel off the floor you can still turn it like a stock diff

 

[lvaleiron]

the trd helical has a coin like metal piece in the centre...like in the pic below
http://www.tercelreference.com/tercel_info/component_library/c5x_helical_lsd_2.jpg

BUT the reason i did not say this above in my post...was because i'm not sure how the quaife lsd looks in the centre,,,,,,so such a statement could be misleading

does anyone know how the centre section of the quaife looks?

Yeah, i was talking about the trd one. hehehe, haven't had much experience with quaiffe tho.

 

[gorganl2000]

Yeah, i was talking about the trd one. hehehe, haven't had much experience with quaiffe tho.

yeah...i figured u were..

 

[dan4]

this is amusing reading/guessing, why post when you dont know/are contradicting eachother?

A fully locked diff will turn both wheels when you try to turn one, 'Limited' slip diffs are exactly what they seem.....limited! So spinning one wheel by hand is rarely going to prove much as you are not generating enough torque to lock a diff of these ages. Depending on the sensitivity of the lsd will determine if the wheels travel the same direction

Open diff wheels will spin opposite direction when in air

 

[Sheldon]

this is amusing reading/guessing, why post when you dont know/are contradicting eachother?

A fully locked diff will turn both wheels when you try to turn one, 'Limited' slip diffs are exactly what they seem.....limited! So spinning one wheel by hand is rarely going to prove much as you are not generating enough torque to lock a diff of these ages. Depending on the sensitivity of the lsd will determine if the wheels travel the same direction

Open diff wheels will spin opposite direction when in air

so if i understand well there is 2 type of LSD? "fully locked" and "limited" ?? never heard of this but its good to learn nwe things... however OEM limited slip turns both wheels when you try and turn one of them. (same way ob)

 

[PsychO]

guyz i have some LSD but m not shure which one.. when both wheels in air and if i rotate one wheel..the other will go in the same direction... i have one prob.. its when i m turning the car the it sounds like the axel will break out.but i went to the axel guy many time , he checked it a lot of times , even replaced my axels but the sound is still there..can any one help

 

[Sheldon]

guyz i have some LSD but m not shure which one.. when both wheels in air and if i rotate one wheel..the other will go in the same direction... i have one prob.. its when i m turning the car the it sounds like the axel will break out.but i went to the axel guy many time , he checked it a lot of times , even replaced my axels but the sound is still there..can any one help

think that sound is clunking from your LSD

 

[PsychO]

some ppl saying that its normal and some lsd always sound like that ..some saying that its a prob..so what u guyz say??

 

[Sheldon]

dunno mate some say cos it was run-in correctly!! some say that the wrong oil is being used

 

[PsychO]

which oil is recomended??

 

[dan4]

so if i understand well there is 2 type of LSD? "fully locked" and "limited" ?? never heard of this but its good to learn nwe things... however OEM limited slip turns both wheels when you try and turn one of them. (same way ob)

No by fully locked i meant welded, LSD's dont lock up and after you have spun the inside wheel up a few times it cooks the viscous unit and lessens its limiting effect until it becomes an open diff

A good condition OEM LSD is what you describe....