Date:         Sat, 12 Oct 2002 23:53:15 +0100
Reply-To:     Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Clive Smith <clive.harman-smith@NTLWORLD.COM>
Subject:      Re: Rear axle articulation - syncro
Comments: To: Malcolm Stebbins <Malcolm.Stebbins@MSVU.CA>
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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.