timfreddo Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Hey, Just a couple of Q's about my problem child. 1994 legacy Ts-r, AT, 220000 km. Car has new CV's. As i accelerate with the wheel turned (ie turning from traffic lights, turning tight bends) the car makes a shuddery/jolty shake and loud noises associated, until the car is headed straight again. Seems like back inside wheel tries to turn faster than the rest (grip,slip,grip,slip etc..). No probs going faster than 10km/h. I put in the FWD fuse and prob stops. Questions are... 1. Is it ok for me to drive round with the FWD fuse in all the time? how about highway driving? 2. Any Ideas on what it could be/How i can fix the prob? Any help would be great. Thanks, Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnceggleston Posted October 27, 2009 Share Posted October 27, 2009 Hey,Just a couple of Q's about my problem child. 1994 legacy Ts-r, AT, 220000 km. Car has new CV's. As i accelerate with the wheel turned (ie turning from traffic lights, turning tight bends) the car makes a shuddery/jolty shake and loud noises associated, until the car is headed straight again. Seems like back inside wheel tries to turn faster than the rest (grip,slip,grip,slip etc..). No probs going faster than 10km/h. I put in the FWD fuse and prob stops. Questions are... 1. Is it ok for me to drive round with the FWD fuse in all the time? how about highway driving? 2. Any Ideas on what it could be/How i can fix the prob? Any help would be great. Thanks, Tim. it sounds like torque bind. if the fuse relieves the problem, a fluid change or several, may help. you can drive at hiway speeds with the fuse in but the fuse was designed for diagnostic purposes. long term it is not the solution. this is a 1000$ fix at the dealer, here in the US anyway. search "torque bind" and read up. there are tons of threads, including some on fix it yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timfreddo Posted October 28, 2009 Author Share Posted October 28, 2009 Just wondering if we can Leave the car in FWD permanently, and what problems that might cause, as the car is quite old now, and with a repair of $700US its going to cost almost as much as i could sell the car for here in New Zealand. Tim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnceggleston Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 if putting the fuse in relieves the problem, there is a good chance that a fluid change will help. there are only a few causes of transfer clutch trouble (binding or no 4WD) : bad duty c solenoid - (binding) gummed up plates or fluid passages, from dirty fluid - (binding). burned up plates, ( i think this causes no 4 wheel drive, not sure?) wear marks on the drums, grooves cut by wear. (i'm not as familiar with this, i'm pretty sure it can cause slow to engage but it maybe can cause binding.) if you change your fluid a lot already doing so now may not help. but lots of people don't ever change the ATF, it can be an expensive mistake. you can leave it in FWD, until the duty c fails. no telling how long that will take. at that point you can remove the rear section of the drive shaft. you will have to leave the front section of drive shaft in place or the fluid will spill out of the rear of the trans. i have a 95 that has been 'shaftless' for over 20k miles... nice FWD car. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmdew Posted October 28, 2009 Share Posted October 28, 2009 I've seen bad torque bind rip apart front CV joints. Lots of info on TB on the USMB, just do the search as noted above. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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