Date:         Sun, 12 Apr 2009 16:53:52 -0700
Reply-To:     azsun99 <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET>
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From:         azsun99 <azsun99@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject:      Re: Only ONE drive wheel?
Comments: To: Brian Doss <doss88wkndr@ZOOMINTERNET.NET>
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Nope, nothing wrong with the tranny. Unless you have a locking differential, only one
rear wheel is driven. Has to do with the way the differential works and when turning,
the outer wheel travels farther than the inner, etc. Others can explain it better.
Years ago, I had a Chev. station wagon with what they called Posit-trac. I was pulling
into a garage up a slight ramp. There was a small patch of ice. One wheel hit it and
started spinning, but then the other wheel took over and all was well.

Jerry

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Doss" <doss88wkndr@ZOOMINTERNET.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 5:28 PM
Subject: Only ONE drive wheel?


I have an '88 GL with a manual transmission. I got it stuck backing into an uneven
driveway yesterday. Just so happened that I was in a saddle on a hillside, with just
enough torsion on the bus to lift the left rear wheel off the ground - and presto - no
go. The left wheel spun happily in forward or reverse. What I can't understand is that
I thought the right wheel was driven as well - why did it not receive any power? Does
this mean something is wrong with my transmission?

Thanks for any insight on the matter


Brian Doss
Butler, PA
'88 Weekender, Queequeg


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