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Old 05-17-2003, 11:24 AM
Ron Mummert Ron Mummert is offline
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Originally posted by lee
I've never even seen one, and certainly have no knowledge of why they would be bad.

However it seems likely to me that the rollers would be poorly maintained in state test environments.

Given that, what would be the effect if they were off in the speed of rotation relative to one another because of maintenance issues or torque split (since there isn't the road to keep it all in step). Seems it would unduly stress the AWD mechanism.


I think you've made my point, Lee. State maintenance by lowest bidder. Whether a 60 second trip on rollers NOT NECESSARILY turning at the same speed will queer the clutches, is anyone's guess, but I've yet to hear of an exhaust tip broken off by a sniffer.

Ron (rolling off to a high school friend's son's wedding today. God , I'm old).
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