?Any advice would be appreciated!
How can i tell if my car has an LSD
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Ok i have a e30 320i se 1990. i am not sure if the car has an lsd how can i find out. someone has told me if i jack it up and spin the wheels and if they turn the opposite to each other its an Lsd is this true or a load of bull ?
Any advice would be appreciated!
?Any advice would be appreciated!
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march109
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bull, why would they turn opposite to each other,
However I'm not entirely sure how to tell with this method, I thought the wheel you turn would spin once for every 4 revolutions of the other wheel, but don't qoute me on that either.
The only way I know to check is find find some dry hard concrete/tarmaced ground, and floor it.... if you leave a number 11 in rubber on the floor you have a LSD.
However I'm not entirely sure how to tell with this method, I thought the wheel you turn would spin once for every 4 revolutions of the other wheel, but don't qoute me on that either.
The only way I know to check is find find some dry hard concrete/tarmaced ground, and floor it.... if you leave a number 11 in rubber on the floor you have a LSD.
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If you jack it up and rotate one wheel and the other rotates the same way then it is an LSD,if they rotate opposite ways its an open diff!
Or you could just do what March said,hold the revs at 3k and drop the clutch,number 1 is shite,number 11 rocks
Or you could just do what March said,hold the revs at 3k and drop the clutch,number 1 is shite,number 11 rocks
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^^^^ what he said! 
Number 11 FTW!
Number 11 FTW!
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find the small metal tag held on the back cover by one of the bolts.clean off the rust,doesnt matter if it is really rusty should still clean up. if it says s3.19 the s means its an lsd.the other number is the ratio.no s = no lsd
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Ok thanks guys will get the car fired up tommorow and try the number 11 
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Or jack one side up, if it is stiff to turn. It's probably an LSD. (OR a sticky caliper!) haha
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you can get 11 with an open diff tho..
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a less agressive way is to park with one rear wheel on something slippery (wet grass verge is ideal) the other on nice grippy tarmac.
pull away quite quickly, if the revs rise but youre not moving very fast it's not an lsd. if it is an lsd it should lock up and you'll pull away fairly normally.
or, jack it up under the diff, if the wheels spin freely, and turn in oposite ways it's an open diff. if theyre hard to turn and / or turn the same way as each other then it's an lsd.
pull away quite quickly, if the revs rise but youre not moving very fast it's not an lsd. if it is an lsd it should lock up and you'll pull away fairly normally.
or, jack it up under the diff, if the wheels spin freely, and turn in oposite ways it's an open diff. if theyre hard to turn and / or turn the same way as each other then it's an lsd.
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best way is to check the tag as you could have a shagged LSD that behaves like and open diff...
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Lay down some rubber my son!!
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Thanks for the help guys but it was an open diff!
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What method did you use to find out 
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Burn't some rubberEndless325 wrote:What method did you use to find out
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If your car has LSD it should look like this.
lol soz i know its an old one.
lol soz i know its an old one.
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my car has Definitely not got an lsd if its supposed to look like thatJohnnyThunders wrote:If your car has LSD it should look like this.
lol soz i know its an old one.
