12-03-2007, 09:58 AM
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Originally Posted by BigSwede
The only way to be really sure is to open the tranny and look. Lifting the wheels and spinning isn't really going to give you anything, it will only work if your pinion is not tight enough. i.e. you can see weather the drag torque in the speedgears/bearings are larger then the clutch packs.  |
There are no physical visual/discernable differences between a standard and an LSD Alfa transaxle - at least not externally! You have to open it up to be 100% sure. In fact, you can take an LSD "pumpkin" and install it in a previously (non)LSD transaxle, shim it properly and now have an LSD in a transaxle that previously was not an LSD transaxle!
Here's the smoking gun question in all of this: Can you simply put an Alfa Romeo transaxle car with (suspected) LSD up in the air on a lift, turn one of the drive-wheels in one direction, watch the other wheel - either remain motionless, or even tend to "want" to move in the opposite direction - and conclude that the vehicle in question does NOT have an LSD in it?
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