PDK Failure (2014 CS) after Guards LSD Install
07-04-2017, 07:49 PM
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Just in case anyone is interested. I'm selling the car (dealer replaced the gearbox under warranty)
https://www.panjo.com/buy/2014-cayma...k-ready-364988
https://www.panjo.com/buy/2014-cayma...k-ready-364988
07-05-2017, 12:52 PM
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In my case, I don't think it was heat since it failed during a 10 minute warm up session (it's first with the LSD) at 60 degrees ambient. It was probably a botched install.
The installer also didn't know the best way to pull out the oem carrier bearings. They attempted a couple of days themselves before sending it to a machine shop. This should also be in some kind of installation doc.
At the end of the day, I blame myself. I should have had it done by Sharkwerks but I had to wait 8 weeks. I waited over 3 months to get my unit so I couldn't wait.
07-05-2017, 07:35 PM
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I also don't think the GT LSD is the direct cause. If it's due to the additional heat generated by any LSD on a mid-engine gearbox, then IMO should be sold with this disclosure.
In my case, I don't think it was heat since it failed during a 10 minute warm up session (it's first with the LSD) at 60 degrees ambient. It was probably a botched install.
The installer also didn't know the best way to pull out the oem carrier bearings. They attempted a couple of days themselves before sending it to a machine shop. This should also be in some kind of installation doc.
At the end of the day, I blame myself. I should have had it done by Sharkwerks but I had to wait 8 weeks. I waited over 3 months to get my unit so I couldn't wait.
In my case, I don't think it was heat since it failed during a 10 minute warm up session (it's first with the LSD) at 60 degrees ambient. It was probably a botched install.
The installer also didn't know the best way to pull out the oem carrier bearings. They attempted a couple of days themselves before sending it to a machine shop. This should also be in some kind of installation doc.
At the end of the day, I blame myself. I should have had it done by Sharkwerks but I had to wait 8 weeks. I waited over 3 months to get my unit so I couldn't wait.
You are absolutely right about the dealer educating you around the project. Failure to do so is just one of several things that led me to blacklist the dealer in question a couple months back.
08-06-2019, 04:01 PM
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What type cooler is recommended?
08-12-2019, 04:18 PM
#22
Three Wheelin'
I have the exact same fact pattern as the other posters. 987.2 with PDK. Ran 2 seasons (60 track days) no issues.
In the off season, I had a GT LSD installed. PDK failed on first track day. No reverse.
MichaelofGF, my advice is to not install an LSD in a 987 PDK that didn't not come with LSD from the factory.
To answer your about coolers, the slickest and most effective is the LN Engineering PDK side cooler.
In the off season, I had a GT LSD installed. PDK failed on first track day. No reverse.
MichaelofGF, my advice is to not install an LSD in a 987 PDK that didn't not come with LSD from the factory.
To answer your about coolers, the slickest and most effective is the LN Engineering PDK side cooler.
