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Old 10-29-2013, 12:16 PM   #1
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help identifying this diff..pics included..thanks in advance

alright, first thing i should say is YES I'VE SEARCHED..

I was under the impression that my diff was a viscous unit. after cracking it open however i realized it looks different.

the reason I opened it up was because when i first installed it I noticed clunking around low speed turns..none of my previous viscous units felt this way..so i looked..here's what i found, including researched pics.


my question is...is my unit indeed a nimso one? i noticed no nismo castings on it...if it is not, which is it?

any help would be appreciated..

here is a pic of a vlsd:




here is a pic of my diff:



it looks very similar to the diff shown here (NISMO):
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Old 10-29-2013, 01:00 PM   #2
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Well it definitely looks like a Nismo diff. That clunking sound is the sound of the clutch plates in the LSD slipping. Usually with VLSD's it only locks when the oil is at a thicker viscosity, and usually don't clunk either. If I was to guess you definitely have yourself a Nismo LSD or some other brand LSD.
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after doing a little digging, i've come to find that there are two nismo differentials that look like mine...

the first being the nismo 200 and the second being the nismo sss
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i've read up on the differences between the two and realize that they have a different number of clutch discs. the only way, i assuem, to find out which it is to to pull it apart and count the discs....lol i don't wanna do all that just yet.

does anybody have more info on where I could find a rebuild kit (for future reference) for either kit when the time comes?
or possibly any other info as to which diff I actually have?
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