| Author | Message | ||
     michael sipe (Mikesipe) New Member Username: Mikesipe Post Number: 9 Registered: 03-2003 |
i have a 95 d1 with a 5spd, my question is why do my tires spin, in the rain or dry my front tires always spin it dosnt even seem like AWD. when i lock the cdl all four tires pull but without the cdl locked it almost seems like just front wheel drive, is there something wrong or is this just because of weight distrubution | ||
| Will Cupp (W_cupp) Member Username: W_cupp Post Number: 127 Registered: 07-2003 |
It seems like discoverys favor the front, but it does not sound like anything is wrong. Im lucky if my wheels will spin in snow. | ||
| Stephen Hawkins (Madmole) New Member Username: Madmole Post Number: 18 Registered: 07-2003 |
When you accelerate, all the weight transfers to the back wheels holding them down and the fronts lighten and spin!! | ||
| Dean Brown (Deanbrown3d) Senior Member Username: Deanbrown3d Post Number: 963 Registered: 02-2002 |
Mike - does your steering feel very light? Or are you carrying a bunch of stuff in the back, past the back wheels? Move some weight onto the front (could potentially be a good excuse for a HD bumper / winch if you word it carefully to the misses) | ||
| Matt Anderson (Disco01) New Member Username: Disco01 Post Number: 24 Registered: 10-2003 |
This is very simple. On the D1, the center diff is open unless locked, thus the axle with the least resistance gets the giddy up. So, as Stephen said, when you accelerate weight transfers to the back creating less resistance up front. When you lock it you get a 50/50 split. | ||
| michael sipe (Mikesipe) New Member Username: Mikesipe Post Number: 10 Registered: 03-2003 |
thanx for the info guys that just puts an arguement i had been having with my toyota friend to rest, and proves my explanion i made to him correct |
