Miata Mailing List: June 1996, Message #46
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   From: dans@dmscomp.com (Dan Scolnick)
Subject: Re: LSD or not LSD
   Date: Sun, 2 Jun 1996 23:01:51 -0400

> I am curious.  Are there definitive ways to distinguish 
> whether you have a limited-slip differential?  (Other 
> than peeling out on wet or dry pavement)

YES, you can tell just by driving it ONCE you know what one feels like.


> 
> Today, while changing the shocks on my 92, I turned one of the 
> rear wheels and the other one turned in the same direction.

YES, you have a POSI rear (both rear wheels drive)

> Now I keep hearing that if you turn one wheel and the other
> turns in the same direction, you have LSD.
YUP


>If it turns in 
> the opposite direction, it is non-LSD. 

YUP,  the wheel with the least friction to the ground will turn.

 When I bought the 
> car used, I assumed the car did not have an lsd,

You know what happens when you assume


> and from
> driving the car, I don't think it has a limited slip diff.
>

See it's true

 
> Can someone clear these rules up.
> 
> If you turn one wheel, and the other wheel
> a.  turns in the same direction, you have...
LSD

> b.  turns in the opposite direction, you have... 
Standard Rear

> c.  does not turn, you have...
A standard rear with one wheel on the ground

> 
> Thanks for putting up with my ignorance,
> Joe G
> '92 Silver A
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