4 wheel drive

This may be a stupid question and i apologise if it is.

My understanding is the freeland when driving on the road has most of the drive to the front wheels and it only changes to fifty fifty front and rear when off road, how do you know when the drive has been applied to all wheeels when off road?

Cheers
Jack

Jack sparrow said:

how do you know when the drive has been applied to all wheeels when off road?

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Cuz you stop moving an' it breaks..........tho' not nessycelery in that order.

when your rear wheels stop spinning - that is, if your VCU is working.

Jack sparrow said:

This may be a stupid question and i apologise if it is.

My understanding is the freeland when driving on the road has most of the drive to the front wheels and it only changes to fifty fifty front and rear when off road, how do you know when the drive has been applied to all wheeels when off road?

Cheers
Jack

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1) Find a nice loose surface.
2) Select 1st gear
3) Drop clutch at about 3000 rpm and briefly spin the wheels
4) Get out the car and look for 4 sets of skidmarks

5 sets!

The Mad Hat Man said:

5 sets!

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You'll need your Pampers tomorrow riding shotgun with Ratty

dint he tell ya - he is a passenger too - his driver is doin the run tomoz.

Cheers fellas, the reason i asked is i had it off road today, just on a farm track that is very muddy and grassy and it worked perfectly, as i expected from such a well made vehicle The reason i asked the question is when i put my diahatsu in four wheel drive a light came on to let me know it was engaged correctly.

Cheers
Jack

how duz a mechanical system Like a VCU let you know its working (or not) - if yu find a way - al ot of peeps will be pounding a beat to your door.

Well since im not mechanical minded i wouldnt have a clue hense my question, but if you rolled your Landrover and had to be put on a spinal board and then have fluids put into you to replace the ones you've lost from your arm thats hanging off after it got trapped under your landrover because while off roading you thought it would be cool to have your arm hanging out of the window, then im your man

So to answer my question the way you know, is the vehicle moves forward when most vehicles would just be wheel spinning

cheers all

Jack

Most people boast about how good they are at doing useful things.

Jack sparrow said:

Well since im not mechanical minded i wouldnt have a clue hense my question, but if you rolled your Landrover and had to be put on a spinal board and then have fluids put into you to replace the ones you've lost from your arm thats hanging off after it got trapped under your landrover because while off roading you thought it would be cool to have your arm hanging out of the window, then im your man

So to answer my question the way you know, is the vehicle moves forward when most vehicles would just be wheel spinning

cheers all

Jack

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With a f##kwitted answer like that, you'll fit in fine here, even if you do drive a Gaylander

I was just having a laugh, if its offended and ive over stepped the mark then im sorry, it was just meant to be banter at my lack of mechanical knowledge.

Regards
Jack

snigger. What is this "offend"??

Jack sparrow said:

I was just having a laugh, if its offended and ive over stepped the mark then im sorry, it was just meant to be banter at my lack of mechanical knowledge.

Regards
Jack

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No need to be sorry fella.
GOT to have a sense of humour on Landyzone!!
We are all here to help (and take the ****).
You will get good, lighthearted info here and explained in laymans terms.
Enjoy....

Jack sparrow said:

I was just having a laugh, if its offended and ive over stepped the mark then im sorry, it was just meant to be banter at my lack of mechanical knowledge.

Regards
Jack

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+10pts total= -20pts,,,,

wud tat be te right arm or left ?

an why wud ye be pumpin more beer int'me wen it wud probs be kin beer caused it int fust place ? kinnel ell keeps away frem me jacko!!!!!

Jack sparrow said:

if you rolled your Landrover and had to be put on a spinal board [...] then im your man

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No thanks, vacuum mattress rather than longboard please.

So to answer my question the way you know, is the vehicle moves forward when most vehicles would just be wheel spinning

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Ah, no. You asked about 4wd. A car wouldn't have spinning wheels unless it had drive. The Freelander has drive to all four wheels, provided to the rear by a VCU. The VCU delivers the drive to the rear if there is slip between the propshafts on either side of it. The wheels can still spin, loosing traction. This is where the traction control kicks in and uses the ABS to brake that wheel.

A more traditional Land Rover, say a Defender without TC, is also full time four wheel drive but unlike the Freelander it has axles. If it looses traction, all the drive will go to the spinning wheel. That doesn't make it one wheel drive, though, it is still a 4wd! In this case, the difflock is engaged which locks the front and rear transmission and drive goes to the front and rear axles. (The diffs in the axles allow the drive to go to one of the wheels on that axle - that doesn't make ita 2wd!)

Older Land Rovers weren't full time four wheel drive and I don't know about your Fourtrak. If it was full time four wheel drive, you might find the light was telling you your diff was locked, not that you had turned it froma 2wd into a 4wd.

Cheers

Blippie

Thank you for your reply Blippie, that explains a lot to me.

Regards
Jack