You can't really test the LSD like that, IIRC. With both wheels in the air and the car off it'll act just like an open diff. My understanding is that on a clutch-type LSD, the LSD functionality only works when there's power coming in from via driveshaft.
Tom [email protected] > ------------------------------ > > Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 09:33:15 -0800 > From: George Graves <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [alfa] Re: Speedo check > > I was told that I had a Verde transaxle in the car (the > transaxle was > changed-out by a previous owner at approximately 90K miles. > The > invoice for that work says "Milano Verde" on it), but > I now doubt > that. I doubt it for two main reasons. First of all, My car > seems to > have a stock GTV-6 speedometer sending unit, and I've been > told that > the GTV-6 Speedometer sender won't fit the Verde transaxle > case. > Secondly, the Verde has limited-slip differential, but when > I have had > my car on a lift and spun one of the rear wheels, it acts > like a non- > LSD rear end. So, my feeling is that if, indeed, my car has > a rear-end > out of a Milano, it's a Platinum model, not a Verde and > unless the > mechanic who did the work reworked the mount for the Speedo > sender, > it's not a Milano transaxle at all. > > George Graves > '86 GTV-6 3.0 'S' -- to be removed from alfa, see http://www.digest.net/bin/digest-subs.cgi or email "unsubscribe alfa" to [email protected]
