nasserkhan123
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can anyone help, how can you tell the difference between a normal rear diff and an LSD rear diff?
rear diff
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skiddusmarkus
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Is this the one I've already paid for and also booked and paid for collection monday? 
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red reading
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And where have you got these pearls of wisdom then? because it is utter b0ll0cks!
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wrc
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Lol that made me chuckle
nasserkhan123
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not them ones. want to buy one that someone i know has for sale but don't know the difference. your ones are all packed up ready for pickup mate.Is this the one I've already paid for and also booked and paid for collection monday?
Talking of bollocks, will they actually wear out?
Just been changing oils today and realised my rear has not been done for some time?
red reading
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yes they will, they loose there fluid from over heating....you soon see the black silicon in the oil, they then either go very free and open or become partially locked and become noisey on slow speed turns...they cannot totally seize as the plates inside them would need to weld together to do that and they do not actually have any pressure on them to be able to contact and heat seize in that way
When they become open, how does that effect the driving characteristics of the car?
For example will the back step out when down shifting in wet conditions like mine can do, or will there be other tell tell signs to watch out for?
Since the whole dam car is stripped out its pretty noisy in there already and I don't notice any further additional noise when turning.
I'm trying to work out as it was last serviced in 2008, how long should that oil really last for and how often should it really be changed?
red reading
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you would notice the car would under steer less under brakeing if the diff was open in the wet and more than likely spin only one rear wheel and one front under acceleration which would make the car move all over the show as it would be 2 wheel drive effectivley, and if it is locked you would hear it banging and cracking under low speed manovers...it is bloody noisey!
vpulsar
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I thought you might be along to comment on this lol.
vpulsar
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If they do by chance wear out can they be rebuilt ?
red reading
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just telling it like it is!
The back of mine steps-out occasionally; usually on a roundabout, but I assumed it was a combination of lift-off (accelerate off the line onto the roundabout, then turn in... and catch the oversteer) and my fiddling with the bushes etc to stiffen the rear.
It's not especially noisy, but if I light it up in the wet it does a funny wiggle; I just assumed that was everything locking due to one wheel loosing all traction.
I'm going to assume mine's OK, but I don't know when (if ever) the diff oil was last changed. - The previous owner claimed to have done it at some point, but he also told me it had a Nismo paddle clutch.
red reading
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not really, but tbh not many have failed.
red reading
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yours is working fine
It feels like the rear wheels locks when I down a gear (in the wet) and the rear momentary steps out...
red reading
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thats weight transfer and the centre diff just locking up....normal if your driving is slightly aggresive.