peter8315
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Turned into a garage yesterday on full lock and front wheels seemed to be crabbing/slipping sidewrds, the ground was wet, is this normal I hadn't noticed it before
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ukadamwest
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even tyre wear accross the faces ?
peter8315
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Yes all even tyre ware, it seems to be ok now I went through the procedure to release transmission wind up, ie reversing for a few yards
ukadamwest
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was it a smooth surface floor like, for example a new parking structure
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Check for a broken spring on any of the wheels, that would normally cause crabbing.
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Some versions of the Classic have the dreaded VCU I believe, it sounds like a seized VCU which causes the same sort of thing on the P38.
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My 89 classic had the same Borg Warner transfer box as the P38 so I would go with Datatek on this.
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Sounds like VCU to me as well - I had that on my softdash as well, in 2012.
Got a refurb from this guy;
Home - Bell Engineering
Cost £165
I know it says Freelander bits, but give him a ring.
Not a difficult job, though I left it to my mechanic as it is obviously much easier on a ramp.
Got a refurb from this guy;
Home - Bell Engineering
Cost £165
I know it says Freelander bits, but give him a ring.
Not a difficult job, though I left it to my mechanic as it is obviously much easier on a ramp.
peter8315
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sorry i shold have said, its got the lt77 gearbox/t/box
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The LT77 is a main gearbox - what transfer box do you have?
peter8315
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its not the viscous coupling one, the one out of a disco
Datatek
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If no VCU, check the dif lock is disengaged.
peter8315
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Thanks Datatek, like I say it seems ok now I had just fitted a different gearbox with as new input splines and cross drilled gear cluster, (other one was knacked) using the old transfer box, it worried me that I might have got something wrong, it might have been the road surface it was a petrol station and I was on a slope, so lets hope it stays ok
pete1987RRC
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What is on the hi/low ratio gear leaver, that will say if it has a vcu
peter8315
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it hasn't got a vcu, i have just spent a week lying under it changing the gearbox, its a disco box,
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i find bacon is good when crabbing they love the rind
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+1. :d
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Mercuric oxide ointment will clear them up
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