MOT brake test on rolling road ?
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Or at the very least crunch
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To be honest I would pull the diff and get it to a transmission specialist. They will strip it, renew the friction plates (Maserati don’t list them but they will either be available as a standard part or can be refurbished) and it will be good as new.
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It hasn't lunched the diff now?!
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If you were to lock one of the rear wheels say on a 3200/4200 on a roller brake test it would scrap the internal diff plates in seconds!
Like I mentioned before..... a friend of mine who has the local MOT station unintentionally ruining a nice old Subaru Impreza diffs doing the same thing
A later court order, saw his insurance company paying out over 10k to put things right!
Dave
Like I mentioned before..... a friend of mine who has the local MOT station unintentionally ruining a nice old Subaru Impreza diffs doing the same thing
A later court order, saw his insurance company paying out over 10k to put things right!
Dave
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They should know, I always start the conversation with a question about their Tapley Meter.
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That call would be a very sensible. You definetly can split them, it was made by a man (or woman), so it can be fixed by one!
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Like the wheel bearings, eh !?!!
You can split them. Harder to put back together, though
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I am curious about this and hoping my mot place is wise to all of this. What would be the symptom if the garage had horsed the LSD? Would the drive just nto work of would it still drive ok just no LSD function? I am wondering if I would have noticed if this had been broken in the past?
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Like the wheel bearings, eh !?!!
Haha! There is a exploded diagram for it so I am much more comfortable!
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You’d only smoke up one rear tyre leaving the mot station not both!
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haha!!! I must pay more attention
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It’s all a bit nuanced with LSDs. If it’s not working you will loose traction on the inside wheel on accelerating out of corners. It will also introduce some understeer on corner entry as the unlocked wheels under engine braking or balanced throttle will allow the rear to turn more readily, highlighting a relative lack of grip at the front.
But you would need to be driving like your hair was on fire to notice it!
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[QUOTE But you would need to be driving like your hair was on fire to notice it![/QUOTE]
my hair burned off long ago
Is there a test for this to see if its working or not? I guess park one wheel on a slippy surface and see if the other one grips? I know if one wheel is on the ground it takes serious effort to rotate the free one and I always attributed this to the LSD doing some thing?
my hair burned off long ago
Is there a test for this to see if its working or not? I guess park one wheel on a slippy surface and see if the other one grips? I know if one wheel is on the ground it takes serious effort to rotate the free one and I always attributed this to the LSD doing some thing?