Suzuki Jimny

"Eddie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Eddie wrote:
>> Adrian wrote:
>>
>>> Is it the *FRONT* diff that's AWOL or the centre diff? I strongly
>>> suspect the latter.
>>
>> Hmmm... I didn't think it had either, but now I'm not sure. Hopefully SWK
>> will be along shortly to confirm either way.
>
> Actually, having thought about it a bit more: you're probably right, or
> it'd never get round corners even on the loose surfaces that allow for
> slippage.
>
> --
> Eddie [email protected]

LOL!
I wondered when the penny would drop!
Jimnys, Vitaras, Series Landies, Toyota Hi-luxes and loads more older types
have a part time 4WD system which has a differential at each end but NO
CENTRE DIFF.
Centre diffs are a feature of 'permanent' 4WD systems as found on Range
Rovers, Defenders, Explorers, etc. In order to emulate the 4X4 mode of the
part-time systems a permanent 4WD needs to lock the CENTRE diff to
distribute drive 50/50 front/rear.

Simon H

Simon H wrote:
> "Eddie" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>>Actually, having thought about it a bit more: you're probably right, or
>>it'd never get round corners even on the loose surfaces that allow for
>>slippage.
>
> LOL!
> I wondered when the penny would drop!

Never really thought about it that much, I just knew that using the 4WD
on tarmac was A Bad Thing.

> Jimnys, Vitaras, Series Landies, Toyota Hi-luxes and loads more older types
> have a part time 4WD system which has a differential at each end but NO
> CENTRE DIFF.

Series Landies? Really? I'd always imagined that they had full-time 4WD.

> Centre diffs are a feature of 'permanent' 4WD systems as found on Range
> Rovers, Defenders, Explorers, etc. In order to emulate the 4X4 mode of the
> part-time systems a permanent 4WD needs to lock the CENTRE diff to
> distribute drive 50/50 front/rear.

"Emulate" seems an odd choice of word there, but yes.

--
Eddie [email protected]

>
> Series Landies? Really? I'd always imagined that they had full-time 4WD.
>

Nope - part time. No centre diff.

Stage 1 V8 was first with permanent 4WD.

Tim