Hafleycasey Posted October 26, 2014 Share Posted October 26, 2014 So I understand the vlsd is not a good type, but what if I could get my hands on one that is "shimmed". Would it make a differents?? It would be out of a 91 300zx. Would it be a bad idea to trust someone and their shimming? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 Considering you have to basically destroy the case to get to the coupler - no I wouldn't trust it. You can only shim clutch style LSDs as far as I know. The chances of getting a Z32 LSD into the front carrier of our trucks is pretty slim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefarious Posted October 27, 2014 Share Posted October 27, 2014 http://240sxdrifter.tripod.com/writeups/vlsdshim.html You can shim a viscous LSD to make it more aggressive; bringing it closer to a 1.5 or 2 way diff. The problem will be actually fitting the diff guts and the corresponding v lsd axle shafts into the pathy. The link posted above is a guide on shimming a VLSD. I can't however help you when it comes to actually fitting the diff guts and axle shafts into the pathy front diff. Im sure the guts would probably swap over but i have no idea on how to make the axles work. Someone else may he able to chime in on that one. Pretty sure the axles are specific to VLSD vs standard open or clutch type lsds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kingman Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 (edited) Interesting, I stand corrected! As I understood it the unit it's self wasn't serviceable. There's quite a few write ups on Z31P a about swapping Z32 stuff into Z31s, which have the same style R200 diff as our fronts. It seems to require some interesting axle combinations including Infiniti J30s to work? I bet with some diligent searching it can be determined if it'll work with ours... Edited October 28, 2014 by Kingman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hafleycasey Posted October 28, 2014 Author Share Posted October 28, 2014 I never knew that about the axle shafts. I thought the viscous style wasn't good because if one wheel came off the ground It would act as a open diff. I was wondering if the shimming would fix that. I guess I need to do research on the axle shafts. I'm picturing taking my front end apart after hours of work and trial and error putting it back the way I found it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nefarious Posted October 28, 2014 Share Posted October 28, 2014 (edited) If you have an LSD, and your wheel comes off the ground, you can apply a bit of brakes while giving gas at the same time. The extra opposing force applied against the direction of wheel spin will help to engage the other wheel. Works well if you lift a rear tire and use e brake handle, but for front wheel you have to use gas and brake at the to same time. Would be hard to do with a manual in some cases but quite easy in an automatic. Edited October 28, 2014 by Nefarious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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