LSD's or not LSD that is the question

[dangerous brain]

if you show me a picture of inside the casing i will tell you what type of diff it has:)

 

this isnt a really long hard or spring loaded job in my opinion,

 

all you have to do is drain the oil from the plug at the bottom of the casing (probably could do with a change anyway)

 

suport the casing

 

remove the rear mounts (the 3 allen key bolts)

 

remove the casing bolts x 4

 

knock with a dead blow mallet or wood or somthing to break the seal and pull off

 

you will now be able to see clearly inside

 

to replace reverse procedure just calean off the old sealant and use new

 

and as note the red sealant is from the toyota factory too all my toyotas since about 1990 have this red sealant on the drivtrain componants - thats not to say it hasnt been changed as halfords sealant is red too but you dont need to asume its been messed with

 

removing a differential from the casing is a long and spring loaded job requireing a dial guage and very acurate torque wrench (i forgot the name for this tool) to measure and set the backlash between the ring and pinion

 

never bother doing that just replace the whole casing with diff inside much easier -thats unless you want to fit a kaaz or somthing or change your final drive ratio

 

also low oil level or poor oil will only affect the opperation of a plate type LSD not a supra torsen ( my corolla diff used to act like an open diif once teh oil had degraded after a drift day or too untill i started using much higher quality oil) thats cos plate diffs relly on friction and torsen is mechanical in action so will operate even with out oil

 

sorry for rant diffs represent one of the major factrore:innocent: for me in buying a car!

 

 

 

Ahah. This was the kind of answer I was looking for indeed.

 

To clear things up here the aristo I have didn't come with an LSD from the factory (the VIN plate tells me this). It also didn't come with a single turbo When I bought the car it was described as having a mk4 supra LSD fitted. The video of a donut I made and the fact that it only puts down one line instead of two in that video has cast some doubt as to wether or not it actually does have a supra LSD on it or if the car still has its factory diff fitted.

 

The only way to find this out is to open it up. I need the car tomorrow as I am putting it round zandfoort track so I will do this job on monday evening. From what hero's said all I need to do is take off that aluminium plate to see inside (this needs re-sealing anyway as its leaking)

 

On a side note did you know there is a dedicated aristo forum now h7ero?

[Gruggs]

anyone got an idea of prelaod settings?

 

Cheers

 

G