Loss of drive

[RichM]

Today while green laning in my disco 300tdi, I drove up a steepish hill and all of a sudden, I had a loss of drive. The car just didn't wanna go up the hill. First thought was the clutch, but I couldn't smell anything. I then put diff lock on and all of a sudden it was fine and I got to the top of the hill. That would suggest loss of traction, but the tyres did not appear to lose grip at any point.

Any ideas?

 

[bennybenny]

broken half shaft ... ?

 

[90boy]

half shaft, cv joint or diff, or just a spinning wheel will it drive not in diff lock now??

 

[RichM]

Seems fine on the road.

I've just taken it to a boggy verge where I knew I'd lose traction, just to test it. As expected, I did lose traction and I noticed that it's less noticable in the disco than it was in the gaylander. (apart from the fact you're not moving) In the gaylander, the traction control would create a slight vibration and make a noise so it was obvious when traction was lost. Where as in the disco, there's little to no sensation when traction is lost.

Perhaps it was just a case of loss of traction earlier on today as well? Though, when I did engage diff lock during the boggy verge test, I popped my head out and noticed that the two off side wheels were not spinning equally. The back ones were spinning much more than the front. Is that normal?

 

[Mr Noisy]

In diff lock in gear, jack a wheel at a time and make sure they won't spin.

If so, all is well, yOu just need to learn to drive

 

[wiltshire landyman]

, yOu just need to learn to drive

:rolly::5biagree: