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Even if front wheel drive is the default 2wd mode, I think you’d be better just to have the rear differential repaired or replaced. There’s usually shops in most urban/suburban areas that specialize in differentials and driveshafts, so phone some of them up and get some quotes.
A rear-wheel drive vehicle should be towed backwards so that the undriven front wheels contact the ground if a flat-bed is not used. The reverse is also true. texases December 31, 2010, 1:43am
Driving in the snow on fairly steep mountain roads in Colorado, my front wd VW Rabbit performed better, even going uphill, than my rear wheel drive truck. The Rabbit had the engine weight over the tires, while the truck bed doesn’t weigh much, so little traction for the rear wheels.
Rear wheel drive used to be terrible in snow with regular bias ply tires but better with snow tires. Regular radial tires made rear drive much better in the snow and we stopped using snow tires in winter.
I have a Toyota 4runner rear wheel drive SUV and I also have a rear wheel drive Lexus IS, do they use CV joints to drive the rear wheels or some other type of connection? Thanks. mcparadise September 16, 2010, 7:09am
On a 4 wheel drive mismatched tire sizes front to rear are a problem but on 2 wheel drive there is rarely a problem and then not in mechanical wear of the drive train but possibly in handling and braking but there is so little difference in the circumference of the 2 tire sizes you mentioned that on a rear wheel drive vehicle I feel pretty sure ...
If you watch that video in the Costco tire store carefully, you see that they use both front and rear wheel drive cars, and one of the cars is an e36 BMW. That is a '90s vintage 3 series BMW, RWD, perfect 50:50 front:rear weight distribution. Watch the rear wheels as the professional driver shows how the car ‘looses control’ on the wet ...
Hi Experts, Vehicle: 2011 Toyota Matrix XR 4-door hatchback A few days ago I noticed that my car started making an odd, very noticeable squeaking noise. The noise is coming from my rear left-hand wheel. It’s audible from outside the car, and from inside with the windows down. The wheel makes a squeak each time it turns, so the frequency increases with higher speed. It’s audible from ~15km ...
Hypothetically, a couple of bags of “Traction Sand” and reduce the rear tire air pressure a little produces the same results for a net savings of about $725… Way back, the true off-road Jeep fanatics would simply weld their spider gears and achieve solid axle performance 100% of the time…Front differentials were ALWAYS left open however…
When there was an accumulation of ice and snow, throwing the oil dry under the rear wheels was very helpful to get moving but the weight alone usually saw me through till spring. And 200 pounds behind the rear axle results in a significantly greater weight being exerted on the drive wheels as the leverage shifts weight from the front.