My turn...LSD took a big crap.

[CustomMSP]

Kewl!

How did you figure out it was the LSD?

Does any1 have pics of which parts I'll need to weld together?

Thanks.

 

[MSPRO]

i was there when they were tearing my car apart. as soon as they told me it wasn't the clutch the first word out of my mouth was LSD. I had told them that when I called the night before but they were like ,no those dont break haha ...Anyways I watched them tear down the tranny and pull out half of the LSD while the other half was still in the case.

this is the stock LSD. The cirlce part on the left with the 10 holes in it is supposed to be attached to the basket looking thing on the right. I have the red circles showing the weak points where it broke.

here is a pic of my quaife. it might better help you understand how its supposed to look and where those 2 parts are supposed to be.

if you want hit me up on AIM and I can answer any questions you have AIM- NismoGirl2001

 

[CustomMSP]

Alright great! It looks like you had one of the revised LSDs in your car from factory?

 

[MSPRO]

Alright great! It looks like you had one of the revised LSDs in your car from factory?

as far as i know I had the unrevised LSD. I dont know the difference really but I was told that they only put the revised ones in when the first one broke. I chose to go with the Quaife b.c I didn't want to have to worry about how the new LSD would act. I know the Quaife was good so I just went for that.

 

[spacemonkey]

I have a question....

If we find a shop to weld the LSD together (instead of the 3 spot welds) will that solve everything? Will Mazda do it for me since it is in their best interest not to have my LSD crap out because I will raise hell on them?

Im really considering getting the dealer or some local shop doing it. If I get a local shop Im afraid Mazda will say some bulls*** about voiding my warrenty because im trying to save them the trouble in the future and for ******* this up in the 1st place.

Will welding the LSD solve this problem. Or is the stock unit as a whole is the problem? Or how its installed/welded on.

 

[griswold]

as far as i know I had the unrevised LSD. I dont know the difference really but I was told that they only put the revised ones in when the first one broke. I chose to go with the Quaife b.c I didn't want to have to worry about how the new LSD would act. I know the Quaife was good so I just went for that.

If you don't mind my asking, how much was the Quaife? Also, is there a very noticable difference in it's performance over the stocker?

 

[Mark94]

Sorry to hear about this A, I'm dreading the day that mine decides to crap out on me (hopefully that never happens since I'm not hard on the car at all and never drive it).

If you need any help, let me know.

Mark

 

[goku4658]

I have a question....

If we find a shop to weld the LSD together (instead of the 3 spot welds) will that solve everything? Will Mazda do it for me since it is in their best interest not to have my LSD crap out because I will raise hell on them?

Im really considering getting the dealer or some local shop doing it. If I get a local shop Im afraid Mazda will say some bulls*** about voiding my warrenty because im trying to save them the trouble in the future and for ******* this up in the 1st place.

Will welding the LSD solve this problem. Or is the stock unit as a whole is the problem? Or how its installed/welded on.

Yeah I started wondering about this yesterday. Is there any preventive measures we can perform (like getting it welded on) to keep the LSDs from crapping out?

 

[CustomMSP]

as far as i know I had the unrevised LSD. I dont know the difference really but I was told that they only put the revised ones in when the first one broke. I chose to go with the Quaife b.c I didn't want to have to worry about how the new LSD would act. I know the Quaife was good so I just went for that.

Your stock one doesn't seem to have the springs like the original one did http://www.msprotege.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=17933
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=17505

Revised LSD
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=26189

Pics are courtesy of JDM Sam

 

[CustomMSP]

I have a question....

If we find a shop to weld the LSD together (instead of the 3 spot welds) will that solve everything? Will Mazda do it for me since it is in their best interest not to have my LSD crap out because I will raise hell on them?

Im really considering getting the dealer or some local shop doing it. If I get a local shop Im afraid Mazda will say some bulls*** about voiding my warrenty because im trying to save them the trouble in the future and for ******* this up in the 1st place.

Will welding the LSD solve this problem. Or is the stock unit as a whole is the problem? Or how its installed/welded on.

I'm going to have mine welded back together all around. I'm pretty happy with the stock LSD as far as performance. Hopefully it'll work out fine welded. I wouldn't suggest anything like that to Mazda though...somehow it'll probably end up turning agains you.

 

[Mark94]

Did the LSD just separate or was there other damages sustained when the two pieces split?

Just wondering if the two pieces can just be put back together and welded like there was never anything wrong?

Amy's picture shows other damage and I would think that it is useless now?

Mark

 

[CustomMSP]

Sorry to hear about this A, I'm dreading the day that mine decides to crap out on me (hopefully that never happens since I'm not hard on the car at all and never drive it).

If you need any help, let me know.

Mark

It's kewl. Thanks. I'm not sure if this is a very common problem. I guess it depends on how you drive and such.

 

[CustomMSP]

I should be able to just weld it back together. Amy's broken LSD is still good I think...just needs to be welded back together.

I haven't taking the tranny apart yet, but I hope/think that it just separated at the spot welds.

 

[CustomMSP]

Just ordered the Spec from MAM!!

 

[BlkZoomZoom]

Dammit.... Thats the first "revised" verison I've seen broken....

 

[CustomMSP]

Are you refering to Amy?

 

[BlkZoomZoom]

yeah. I guess the new versions arn't all that strong....

 

[CustomMSP]

Guess not hehe. Well I am pushing 200 wheel tq and did have 4 people in the car. I'm sure the Quafe is a lot stronger though.

I also decided to get the CS SS clutch line and the Bronze shifter bushings. Can't wait!

 

[JDM Sam]

Your stock one doesn't seem to have the springs like the original one did http://www.msprotege.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=17933
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=17505

Revised LSD
http://www.msprotege.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=26189

Pics are courtesy of JDM Sam

The 3rd one is a revised LSD being put into a MP3... its not broken, and that was Turf Burn's pic in the 3rd pic.

The first 2 have the springs as seen. Which thread did i post that in? I'm trying to find it but can't.

 

[FSDET]

Dammit.... Thats the first "revised" verison I've seen broken....

how come she had the revised version when she hadnt replaced it before ? do some of the MSPs come with the revised version from factory ? maybe its another 03-03.5 diffrence ?