Date:         Sat, 7 May 2016 13:10:49 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bel <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bel <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: Viscous Coupling
Comments: To: Grant Johnson <smiley.grant@GMAIL.COM>
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Binding on turning after longish hwy driving is a sign of the VC going south.

You know how your VC feels the rest of the time, I'm assume not binding on tight turns when just done about town type driving.

The VC I have in my van is one from friend who had the binding happen on a trip to California. 
During his trip he bought a new  one from van cafe and installed. The binding after long hot drive went away.

He gave me the old one. It's a bit aggressive but doesn't bind up on the trips I make. I don't do the long hot hwy trips very often these last few years.

So I can live with the aggro VC right now. I like it for the logging road trips I make. Maybe I'll install a decoupler one day, or maybe I'll buy new VC. It's a wash either way.

I am assuming your tires are matched and you rotate them regularly.

Alistair



> On May 7, 2016, at 9:35 AM, Grant Johnson <smiley.grant@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Hey, when I drive my syncro on the freeway, the front wheels are binding up
> when  I try to park. I don't have a decoupler. I'm trying to figure out if

> this is an emergency where I risk frying my transaxle, or if I can get away
> with driving for a while. I don't know how feasible it is to install a
> decoupler myself in the street.