got 99 with i beleave a lsd tranny cause all my burnout are both tires never just one.


my question is is it ok to put a non lsd in will it work or does it make big difference and better run locking one?

 

the only differance you will see is the one wheel peel the locking lsd is da shizzle

you have to replace an axle to swap them i believe the driver side

 

k. ill go with locking like i have. one wheeler peelers is embarrassing.

 

The only reason why you should even consider non-locking is if your current trans went and you couldnt find a replacement vlsd....

 

If you live anywhere near snow then you will hate your life without an lsd.

 

Chances are you have a non-locking one in there anyways bro'. If both tires have near equal traction you will still spin two with an open dif. No 4th gen Maxima's came factory with a locking dif tranny unless your speedo is in Kilometers. 3-ways to tell- look at trans code on firewall, jack up front end and spin tire- watch direction of other tire, if it spins the opposite direction it's open dif or a cooked vlsd. Or simply look at the driverside axle to be sure.

 

Gotta disagree, I find open difs MUCH better in the snow because they don't want to go off the road with a little throttle, the vlsd is obviously much more likely to get you out if your stuck, but for actually driving in the snow I like open dif.

 

My vlsd tranny recently went out on my car. Swapped in a non-locking tranny with no problems. Just had to change the drivers side axle.

 

Kinda OT and hypothetical. I don't know which models come with what, and that's not my question. What I'm wondering is, would 5spd open diff tranny internals fit in a 5spd LSD transaxle? Say if I bought a bad LSD trans, and a good open diff trans, to build a low buck LSD tranny?

 

Thats a good question. Why you would want to do that is another question. Taking just a visual inspection...the axle seal on the drivers side of the LSD tranny case is much bigger that the open diff tranny. There might be small differences like that.

 

Yes but you would need to replace an axle

 

I just want to point out that a limited slip differential is different from a locking differential. Using the term "locking" is inaccurate. Just thought I'd throw in my 0.02 cents.

 

well i had a 15 inch spare on and a 20inch rim on other side and to do a burnout the 20 had to start loosing traction before the bald 15inch did. thats why i think mines lsd.



how can i tell if its lsd by vin number?

 

If your tranny code ends in V, you have a locking diff, if it ends in A, it is an open differential. I believe it is down on firewall on the VIN plate, passenger side.

 

Everything bolts up and swaps over expect driver axle need a LSD. Finding one is rare these days

 

yah it ends in a A. so non locking. kool. everyone i called didn't have lsd tranny.