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      03-21-2016, 07:36 PM   #94
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Originally Posted by AlpsRider View Post
I think this is what is meant:
"Electronic limited slip differential system uses Anti-lock brake sensors and hardware to electronically monitor wheel speed. If one of the wheels on an axle is rotating faster, computer briefly applies brakes to it, slowing the spinning wheel down and causing the wheel on the opposite end of an open differential to start spinning and gain traction. This is an opposite to the anti-lock brake application, when a locked wheel is electronically released."
Based on this definition I think you are referring to a different type - 'brake actuated LSD' vs what the attachment lists as electro-mechanical.
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