can anyone tell me what kind of diff? (pics inside)

lostdude · 15-01-2008, 11:39 AM

Hey guys, I need to change the diff oil and i'm not sure what kind of diff i have, i crawled under and took some photos.
car is a series 1 au live axle ex nsw police car.

thanks.

this is a pic of the sticker on the diff

and this is some letters on the actual diff.

LG · 15-01-2008, 12:25 PM

You have a Borg Warner 3.23:1 Ratio Diff. Not sure if it is LSD or not.

That's not a bad ratio

nutter_x · 15-01-2008, 12:27 PM

I used to have a S1 Forte Police car...definately was LSD...you might want to see if your car is though, mine ran a 3.45 diff, yours says it's 3.23.

Have a look on your compliance plate and see if it has OPT20 under the GMV weight or GVM weight...if it doesn't, she isn't an ex-police vehicle.

Another way to find out is see if it has the recalibratable (is that a word?) speedo with the 2km/hr increments...and it should go to 240 instead of 220

lostdude · 15-01-2008, 12:32 PM

thanks for the reply guys, it has the opt 20 and the 2 km increment speedo which goes up to 240

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i read some where on here that i have to jack it up and spin one side and if the wheel on the other side moves in the opposite direction then its an lsd.
looks like i gotta jack it up before i go and grab the oil lol , was just lazy.

edit - some one replied above lol, so its time to jack her up.

xr8 007 · 15-01-2008, 12:31 PM

just jack the car up on one side at the back, put it in neutral and by hand rotate the tyre. If it rotates its not a lsd, if it doesnt its a LSD

LG · 15-01-2008, 01:17 PM

Just take it for a spin around the back. Take off quickly around the corner. You'll know in a second.

nutter_x · 15-01-2008, 02:02 PM

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Originally Posted by LG

Just take it for a spin around the back. Take off quickly around the corner. You'll know in a second.

This is also an option

lostdude · 15-01-2008, 02:51 PM

, ok when i do that, what am i looking for?
whether it screechs the tyres?

autickfordfairmont · 15-01-2008, 03:11 PM

Easies way, park with one wheel on the grass & one on the road. With foot on the break slightly, accellerate to get it to spin a wheel, the wheel on the grass will spin. If only it spins its a single spinner, if the one on the tar bites in and spins aswell you have an LSD.

Or jack it up and check.

MGM · 19-01-2008, 10:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by autickfordfairmont

Easies way, park with one wheel on the grass & one on the road. With foot on the break slightly, accellerate to get it to spin a wheel, the wheel on the grass will spin. If only it spins its a single spinner, if the one on the tar bites in and spins aswell you have an LSD.

Or jack it up and check.

this way isnt that good to check, ive had 2 ford lsd's and one would spin all the time, now its even worse. singles in mid sideway action(in controled environments

) best would have been to spin the wheel while jacked up i reckon

lostdude · 16-01-2008, 09:28 AM

hey guys, i just jacked her up this morning and found the LSD tag , whooohhhh

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