S on my LSD ?

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Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:00 pm

a big white S is printed on the case. What's that mean? lol Cheers
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Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:01 pm

It means its an LSD :)


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Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:05 pm

No, an S on the diff ID tag before the ratio or in between the gearing figures on a replacement drive means a LSD. anyone can stamp or paint an S on a diff!!!
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Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:05 pm

Alex wrote:It means its an LSD :)


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What he said.

The big S is put on by BMW at the factory during production.

If it's still there after all this time thats impressive! :cool: or perhaps somebody as refurbed it and done so to complete factory specs as i believe B7 did recently.
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Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:07 pm

mrLEE30 wrote:No, an S on the diff ID tag before the ratio or in between the gearing figures on a replacement drive means a LSD. anyone can stamp or paint an S on a diff!!!
It would be pretty sad if they did that

anyone can change a diff tag :)
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Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:26 pm

Guys, It's a LSD from b7, Has the tag, The white S was found under a bit of road shite. Cheers
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Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:54 pm

mrLEE30 wrote:No, an S on the diff ID tag before the ratio or in between the gearing figures on a replacement drive means a LSD. anyone can stamp or paint an S on a diff!!!
Anyone can stamp an S onto the tag! :mad:
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Wed Apr 28, 2010 6:55 pm

bss325i wrote:
mrLEE30 wrote:No, an S on the diff ID tag before the ratio or in between the gearing figures on a replacement drive means a LSD. anyone can stamp or paint an S on a diff!!!
Anyone can stamp an S onto the tag! :mad:

:evil: Agreed !!!!!!!!!
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Wed Apr 28, 2010 7:11 pm

mhuk wrote:Guys, It's a LSD from b7, Has the tag, The white S was found under a bit of road shite. Cheers
Blimey, It cleaned up THAT well? Excellent news.

I did indeed create a stencil to autheticate my own 3:64 yes.
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Wed Apr 28, 2010 8:13 pm

yes i agree, but it is much easier to stamp an S on the diff than to stamp the correctly sized S and postion it on the small tag.

yes you can change the tag

yes you can stamp a S on the case and paint it white

yes you can remove the rear cover and look for the clutch pack....
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Wed Apr 28, 2010 10:38 pm

B7 wrote:
mhuk wrote:Guys, It's a LSD from b7, Has the tag, The white S was found under a bit of road shite. Cheers
Blimey, It cleaned up THAT well? Excellent news.

I did indeed create a stencil to autheticate my own 3:64 yes.
You should see the gearbox it's rather clean now :-)
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