Actually if you jack it up and put it in gear, you shouldn't be able to turn
the rear wheels at all if it is a limited-slip. It will also depend on
whether it is shimmed up reasonably snug or if it is so worn out it isn't
doing anything.
Go see http://www.gordon-glasgow.org/lsd1.asp for more info.
Gordon Glasgow
Renton, WA
www.gordon-glasgow.org
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net]On Behalf Of John F
> Sandhoff
> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2006 2:59 PM
> To: Tom @ Datsun2000
> Cc: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Limited Slip Differentials
>
>
> > How can I tell whether or not this is a limited slip
> differential as well?
>
> Fun way: pop the clutch in 1st. Do you leave one black stripe or two?
>
> Sane way (depending on your definition of sane): Block the front wheels.
> Put car in gear, release parking brake. Jack rear end up 'til both wheels
> clear the ground. Turn one wheel 'forward'. If the opposite wheel turns
> 'forward' it's LSD, if it turns 'backwards' it's open (non-LSD).
>
> -- John
> John F Sandhoff sandhoff@csus.edu Sacramento, CA
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