Any "Limited Slip Diff" Guru here ??

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Nov 16, 2014 | 12:25 PM
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Looking for someone who really knows about Limited Slip Diff .

I have more wear on my Back Right tire , and it is not due to PSI, or Alignement.

I wondering excactly how the LSD works ,and maybe could be the cause of Back Right tire wear?

I have a G35S Sedan .
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Nov 16, 2014 | 12:33 PM
  #2  
Talk to herrschaft
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Nov 16, 2014 | 12:42 PM
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Ok, He's a member i suppose ? I'll try to reach him, Thanks!
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Nov 16, 2014 | 12:50 PM
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Quote: Ok, He's a member i suppose ? I'll try to reach him, Thanks!
yup yup
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Nov 16, 2014 | 02:07 PM
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You don't need to be an expert to know how they work. Here's the important part: if you have more than 50-60k miles on the car, you no longer have limited slip, you have an open differential. LLLOOOOTTTSSS of cars have open differentials and don't have that kind of weird tire wear. Plus its not even that bad.
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Nov 16, 2014 | 09:55 PM
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Quote: You don't need to be an expert to know how they work. Here's the important part: if you have more than 50-60k miles on the car, you no longer have limited slip, you have an open differential. LLLOOOOTTTSSS of cars have open differentials and don't have that kind of weird tire wear. Plus its not even that bad.
So on "normal" accleration are the Friction Plates in the LSD being solicitated, or are they only used in Hard accelerations when some slip occurs ??
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Nov 16, 2014 | 10:54 PM
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Quote: So on "normal" accleration are the Friction Plates in the LSD being solicitated, or are they only used in Hard accelerations when some slip occurs ??
Hard acceleration.
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Nov 17, 2014 | 12:52 AM
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mine has 176k and the diff still functions as it should...
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Nov 17, 2014 | 02:06 AM
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Quote: mine has 176k and the diff still functions as it should...
How are you guaging that?
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Nov 18, 2014 | 11:21 AM
  #10  
If the VSLD isno longer functioning , could it just need New Diff Oil ??,, or can it actually Wear?
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Nov 18, 2014 | 11:25 AM
  #11  
The friction plates naturally wear. IF you oil is BLACK, that's friction material in the oil.
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Nov 18, 2014 | 11:37 AM
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Quote: The friction plates naturally wear. IF you oil is BLACK, that's friction material in the oil.
So even if it's just the oil causing the friction , ..not actual plate on plate contact, they can still wear ?
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Nov 18, 2014 | 12:44 PM
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it's the "plate to plate" contact that works the magic of the LSD. You have got to have it or you have a standard diff. Once the plates wear off the friction material, they start to slip. Really doesn't affect the day to day driving, just when you push it hard out of a tight corner.
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Nov 18, 2014 | 12:55 PM
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....There is no Plate to Plate contact in a VLSD??

Its the Oil that causes the friction . That's what the V stands for, Viscous
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Nov 18, 2014 | 04:34 PM
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Quote: You don't need to be an expert to know how they work. Here's the important part: if you have more than 50-60k miles on the car, you no longer have limited slip, you have an open differential. LLLOOOOTTTSSS of cars have open differentials and don't have that kind of weird tire wear. Plus its not even that bad.
wat if the car was never driven hard?
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