Outer Limits 4x4 Board

my mate has just brought his gq around when its in 4wd 4H or 4L the rear diff locks and skips around when turning on tarmack when it in 2H it dosent skip at all ??? i would think that the LSD has seized up but why would it free it self in 2H??

Is that with the hubs locked in? Because then you're just binding your driveline...your mechanic will love you

it is while hubs locked in why is it just happened now ?

What is he doing driving in 4WD on the bitumen? And turning corners????

Yes the mechanic will love him

he was just checking every thing before we go to logan challange tomorrow but why would it start binding up? ratios the same wheels the same etc

Mate, what you're hearing is exactly that, binding up of the drive train, but not across one axle, it's from front to rear. When you turn a corner, your front wheels turn a larger arc than the rear. The skipping tyres is just the drivetrain unloading the tension that has been wound into it. This is why 4WDs as opposed to AWDs have 2H. AWDs have a differential on the transfer case between front and rear drive to allow the difference in speeds between them, particularly when turning corners.

Tell him to stop doing it.

BadMav wrote:Mate, what you're hearing is exactly that, binding up of the drive train, but not across one axle, it's from front to rear. When you turn a corner, your front wheels turn a larger arc than the rear. The skipping tyres is just the drivetrain unloading the tension that has been wound into it. This is why 4WDs as opposed to AWDs have 2H. AWDs have a differential on the transfer case between front and rear drive to allow the difference in speeds between them, particularly when turning corners.

Tell him to stop doing it.

x2, excellent way to break stuff.

i ve never come accross it before not that i drive around in 4x4 in the road, the only time i have had some thing like it was when i ran a different ratio front to back for a few weeks in a play car and to get out of high range i had to wheels spin then pull nutrual in the transfer before selecting 2H to go on to the the road. any way thanks this may calm him down a bit.

I think that's just a sign of a tight LSD.
Mine used to do it but now its older it s not so tight and doesnt do it anymore.
Cant explain why it only did it in 4x4. Just another of Nissan's little miracles.

Cheers

nothawhiteGQ wrote:I think that's just a sign of a tight LSD.
Mine used to do it but now its older it s not so tight and doesnt do it anymore.
Cant explain why it only did it in 4x4. Just another of Nissan's little miracles.

Cheers

You mean there's even more of you people driving on the bitumen in 4wd? I'm genuinely surprised at the stupidity / ignorance of some of you

351ciofgrunt wrote:

nothawhiteGQ wrote:I think that's just a sign of a tight LSD.
Mine used to do it but now its older it s not so tight and doesnt do it anymore.
Cant explain why it only did it in 4x4. Just another of Nissan's little miracles.

Cheers

You mean there's even more of you people driving on the bitumen in 4wd? I'm genuinely surprised at the stupidity / ignorance of some of you

Where in my post dose it say i drove around on the bitumen.
I'm genuinely surprised by the stupidity / ignorance of you!!!

Where in your post did you say you weren't driving on bitumen? Seeing as this topic is about driving on bitumen then it's fair to assume you were, unless you mention otherwise.

Ignorance is bliss, till you break something because of your stuppidy

351ciofgrunt wrote:Where in your post did you say you weren't driving on bitumen? Seeing as this topic is about driving on bitumen then it's fair to assume you were, unless you mention otherwise.

Ignorance is bliss, till you break something because of your stuppidy

dont worry "nothawhiteGQ" he like fords that says it all

by the way the owner of the said topic was testing his gq as he had just swapped over the gear box and took it for a test drive before we headed of, i wouldnt have done like he did, but when he come back i had to hear him out and it didnt seem right to me, but after a weekend of thrashing the only thing that broke was his pride, after smashing 3 panels and snapping the rear panard rod.
but all in the name of fun.

nothawhiteGQ wrote:

351ciofgrunt wrote:

nothawhiteGQ wrote:I think that's just a sign of a tight LSD.
Mine used to do it but now its older it s not so tight and doesnt do it anymore.
Cant explain why it only did it in 4x4. Just another of Nissan's little miracles.

Cheers

You mean there's even more of you people driving on the bitumen in 4wd? I'm genuinely surprised at the stupidity / ignorance of some of you

Where in my post dose it say i drove around on the bitumen.
I'm genuinely surprised by the stupidity / ignorance of you!!!

School holiday's ?

dont worry "nothawhiteGQ" he like fords that says it all

Probably still crying after yet another flogging by Holden at Bathurst.

At least he owns a patrol Even if it does have a Boat anchor under the bonnet

Cheers