i want to know if i have lsd because i need a new transmission, ive been looking in the stickeys for quite sometime and i must be skimming right over it because i cant find it at all, if some one could throw me the link to the stickey that would be great thanks a ton guys. until then ill keep looking

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do you have silver drilled slotted pedals if you do then you have HLSD

 

this is exactly the type of thing that donating and having the search function is so helpful for. this has been covered a million times but since it appears you have done some searching im gonna help you out. i have no idea if it's in the stickies but I bet it's in there somewhere.

the easiest way is to tell is to pop your hood and look at the vin plate attached to the firewall. if the transmission code on that plate ends in a V, your car came with an LSD from the factory. if it ends with an A, your car came with an open diff from the factory. the other easy way is to get down on the ground and look at the driver's side of the transmission. if the axle seal is big (about 3-3.5" in diameter) your car has a VLSD, if it is smaller (about 1.5" in diameter) you have an open diff.

if your car was purchased in the USA when it was brand new it has an open diff, since no VLSD 4th gens were sold in the united states, only VLSD I30s were.

the likelyhood of you having a VLSD is extremely low unless your car came from canada or some random person in the past decided to change the transmission which is very unlikely unless they were an enthusiast, and even then, it's pretty unlikely.

but yeah, go pop your hood and take a gander at your driver's side axle seal and you'll be able to tell.

 

... what? i can't tell if that was a joke or not...

 

it was a joke

 

thanks man, thats all i needed.

 

I was really surprised when I went to replace the CV axles on my '97 Max. I always assumed that it didn't have VLSD because it wasn't an I30 and was automatic, but low and behold, yep, I have VLSD. The cool stuff you find out once you start pulling things apart.

 

HLSD?...

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OOH...HLSD Helical Limited Slip Differential!....

 

thats not in the 4th gen maximas HLSD is in the 2002-2004 Nissan Maximas 6 speed's

 

http://forums.maxima.org/showpost.ph...5&postcount=45

 

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