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Old Feb 11, 2004 | 11:26 AM
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Cv Joints (again)

Yeah I know and I will take the flaming like a man and won't cry. I need to know how to tell if I have a limited slip differential or not. help me please. thanx
Old Feb 11, 2004 | 11:32 AM
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Ummm... What's up with the misleading title to get more attention??

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Old Feb 11, 2004 | 11:41 AM
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Well...check the tranny to see if the VIN stamped on it matches your car's VIN.

Then check the plate on the firewall of your engine compartment. You should see a transmission model number. If it ends in a V, you have a VLSD tranny. If it ends in an A, you have an open differential.
Old Feb 11, 2004 | 11:42 AM
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And yes, the subject of this thread certainly needs work...
Old Feb 11, 2004 | 11:46 AM
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well the best way to tell if it is a lsd..........jack up one tire off the ground, and try to spin it with the oposite tire on the ground, it it spins freely its not a lsd, but if it doesn't then it is........there is also another lsd that as u spin the tire the clutch in the lsd will heat up and expand and cause the tire to turn harder and harder, try thoes.........so if the tires spins freely u don't have it, but if any of the other things happen then u do.
Old Feb 11, 2004 | 11:48 AM
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If you have a 1995 US spec (not canadian) maxima SE, you do not have LSD. No need to "check."
Old Feb 12, 2004 | 11:32 AM
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thanx guys, I will work on the subject next time
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