How do I know the LSD is Good?
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How do I know the LSD is Good?
I mean the Limited Slip, not the Hallucinogen Drug.
I've got a complete rear end from an 83 GSL that has been sitting in the garage for a couple of years. The donor car wasn't running when I removed it. Is there a way I can check to make sure it's still ok without taking it apart?
I've got a complete rear end from an 83 GSL that has been sitting in the garage for a couple of years. The donor car wasn't running when I removed it. Is there a way I can check to make sure it's still ok without taking it apart?
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Originally Posted by legokcen
Is there a way I can check to make sure it's still ok without taking it apart?
Seriously, I have the same thing rusting away in my backyard. It looks pitiful, but I may clean it up and use it one day. I won't take a chance on it being okay. I'll have to see or get someone who knows to make sure it's worth fooling with.
FWIW, my brother just removed my '81 third member to fix a leak and the ring and pinion look great. Somewhere around 150,000 miles on that rearend and never gone into before!
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Turbo widebody FB
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You can perform a break away test. That involve jacking the rear of the vehicle up so the rear tires are in the air. Then when one person holds the one wheel in firmly in position you goto the opposite wheel and see how much rotational torque is required to turn the wheel without the other spinning.
That should give you an indication of the clutch pack condition.
That should give you an indication of the clutch pack condition.
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Originally Posted by Dan_s_young
You can perform a break away test. That involve jacking the rear of the vehicle up so the rear tires are in the air. Then when one person holds the one wheel in firmly in position you goto the opposite wheel and see how much rotational torque is required to turn the wheel without the other spinning.
That should give you an indication of the clutch pack condition.
That should give you an indication of the clutch pack condition.
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kiwi from downunder..
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little search and i found this by peejay took 5 seconds hahaha
Okay, here we go...
You need a torque wrench, a click type or a beam type will do, both have their drawbacks but also both have their advantages.
Jack up one (1) rear tire with a floor jack under the axle
Block the other three tires
Handbrake OFF, transmission in NEUTRAL
Can you turn the wheel easily with light finger pressure? Yes? Diff is worn, or is an open diff.
Good amount of resistance? Okay, let's quantify. The measure of a clutch type limited slip is the breakaway torque - how much force it takes to initially make the tire turn. I have never seen an actual spec for this, but 40lb-ft of torque is a nice figure. A *goood* diff will be up around 90-120lb-ft but those are a real pain to drive on the street, you're pretty much driving a spool at that point.
So how do we measure the breakaway torque? Take your click type torque wrench and set it to 20lb-ft and put it on one of the lug nuts. You kinda want to make a right angle between the torque wrench, lug nut, and axle centerline, to try and get a semi-accurate torque reading. Does the tire move before the wrench clicks? Diff's done, although it may still lock up well enough under power. Wrench click before the tire turns? Set it up higher, say to 30lb, and try again.
If you have a beam type torque wrench, you just have to watch the torque reading just before the tire starts to turn.
Either way, you have to apply a smooth even load on the torque wrench. NOTE: After the diff "breaks away" the torque to turn the tire goes down a LOT. This is normal.
Okay, here we go...
You need a torque wrench, a click type or a beam type will do, both have their drawbacks but also both have their advantages.
Jack up one (1) rear tire with a floor jack under the axle
Block the other three tires
Handbrake OFF, transmission in NEUTRAL
Can you turn the wheel easily with light finger pressure? Yes? Diff is worn, or is an open diff.
Good amount of resistance? Okay, let's quantify. The measure of a clutch type limited slip is the breakaway torque - how much force it takes to initially make the tire turn. I have never seen an actual spec for this, but 40lb-ft of torque is a nice figure. A *goood* diff will be up around 90-120lb-ft but those are a real pain to drive on the street, you're pretty much driving a spool at that point.
So how do we measure the breakaway torque? Take your click type torque wrench and set it to 20lb-ft and put it on one of the lug nuts. You kinda want to make a right angle between the torque wrench, lug nut, and axle centerline, to try and get a semi-accurate torque reading. Does the tire move before the wrench clicks? Diff's done, although it may still lock up well enough under power. Wrench click before the tire turns? Set it up higher, say to 30lb, and try again.
If you have a beam type torque wrench, you just have to watch the torque reading just before the tire starts to turn.
Either way, you have to apply a smooth even load on the torque wrench. NOTE: After the diff "breaks away" the torque to turn the tire goes down a LOT. This is normal.
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Originally Posted by legokcen
Any idea how much it is? Is it the higher torque needed the better or the other way around?
90ft/lbs is stock brand new, 125ft/lbs + for track use. My blue rx7 is set to over 175ft/lbs, i think previous owner put all oversized discs in the LSD. Tight as hell.
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Originally Posted by DriveFast7
90ft/lbs is stock brand new, 125ft/lbs + for track use. My blue rx7 is set to over 175ft/lbs, i think previous owner put all oversized discs in the LSD. Tight as hell.
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love the braaaap
Well, my high mileage LSD rear end in my 82 clocked in at 80ft lb last I checked. Pretty good it seems. I would say as long as its not below 40ft lb your in good shape.
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