OEM LSD Question

[Ivan141]

It's really impossible to tell from the outside. Sometimes you see the teeth mark from the pinion on the LSD, but that's caused by the pinion going out of alignment first (and often taking the LSD out in the process). I've had one broken LSD, and the only way to tell was the excessive play in the driveshaft. It even locked up for drifting, although locking up because of debris being squeezed together is not exactly how toyota meant it to work.