Vauxhall Brava 4*4 Prob

Just looked at your full post on google..........

I had a new isuzu (imported) as a works van a while back (2003) and noticed
that the rear wheels seemed to drag when the 4x4 was engaged but only
noticed it on full or near to full lock. Also noticed it at slow speeds
while driving on narrow lanes. Not sure what it was, as i was a newcomer to
the workd of 4x4's I assumed it was supposed to happen so just made sure 4x4
was off unless needed.

Steve

"Steve Firth" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Glynn Parry <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > so it is normal that the rear wheels seem to drag?
>
> Difficult to say, not it's not normal for the rear to feel as if it is
> dragging. But is that really what is happening? I've not driven the
> Brava/Frontera so I can't say for sure how it feels when 4x4 is engaged.
> My own vehicle feels different when 4x4 is engaged to when it is RWD
> only. The major difference is that steering lock is greatly reduced and
> the vehicle feels as if it is pushing straight on. Is this the feeling
> that you get? Presumably engaging 4x4 also puts the Brava into low
> ratio? This feels weird when you first experience it compared to high
> ratio.
>
> > I only ask because the rear axle was replaced, and there have been
> > problems since. How do cars with permanant 4wd cope with dry tarmac?
>
> Cars with permanent 4x4 have a different transmission with a front/rear
> differential as well as diffs left to right. It could be that the
> feeling that you have of the rear "dragging" is because the Brava
> doesn't have this extra diff, hence the front and rear wheel rotation is
> locked to each other.
>
> > Thaks for your reply, sorry for being a nuisance!
>
> The biggest nuisance is your top-posting habit, if you could give a bit
> of thought to looking at how others reply to posts it would help,
> thanks.
>
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"Glynn Parry" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> so it is normal that the rear wheels seem to drag? I only ask because the
> rear axle was replaced,....SNIP

There's your problem then- some baffoon has replaced the rear axle with one
with a lower ratio than original- so it is turning slower than the front
with 4x4 engaged.

obviosuly wil be fine in 2 wheel drive mode- apart from you'll be going
slower than the speedo is reading...

tim..