Thanks. Well my diff-lock is stuck - off! Since the van runs out of drive under these circumstances, it has surprised me that with no front drive and no diff-lock its very easy to get stuffed. Just surpised that a dodgy kerb and an awkward has done this to me twice recently, whereas before removing the driveshaft it hadn't even occurrde to me that a rear was off the ground occasionally - unless of course as has been suggested, one of the shockers is sticking, which I haven't to be honest, come across before on any car - shot to blazes, leaking, bonking, but not limiting full articulation. I'm pretty sure I have just discovered the limits of articulation that I've seen in pictures of syncros set across very steep slopes - unless someone out there wants to disabuse me that this is frequently encountered and that I may have problem somewhere (other than my head). And while on the subject, am I right in remembering that 2WD Vanagon/Transporters have a degree of limited slip built ito their diffs ( and syncros of course have the diff-lock)? Clive '88 Syncro Transporter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Stebbins" <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Saturday, October 12, 2002 9:57 PM Subject: Re: Rear axle articulation - syncro
> First thing that came to my mind is that your rear diff lock is stuck ON! > and making the rear of the van skip around like that. I also drive with > my front drive shaft out (most of the time) and I get no such behaviour > (such that you describe) out of my van. malcolm > > > a) having removed my syncros driveshaft b) truning sharp on an incline > > or upa kerb/ramp ...looking round I see a wheel is jacked up off the > > ground. |
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