LSD and hard braking

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08-13-2008, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Qwickrick

My problem came up at the end of long straights, like T1 at WGI, where I try to brake very hard, and very late...nothing to do with trail braking or unsettling downshifts. I first thought it was uneven braking surface, but then I had the same problem at T5A (bus stop) at the Glen. Same problem came up at T1 at LRP, and T1 at Lightning....and then decided it wasn't all the track surfaces going bad at the same time......then we tested the LSD and it was fried.

Reason I asked, was just to get those culprits out of the equation (and they're "cheaper to fix"). The classic turning the wheel while car is in the air, can sometimes be misleading on a GT3. You can replace just the discs and not the complete unit to get away with it a bit cheaper.