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Can I "turn off" the AWD
Some guys at Les Swab were telling me, that since I have one of those weeny spare tires, that when i put it on I need to pull a fuse to disable the AWD. Reason being that having the small tire on there would screw my car up.
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I think its ok as long as you dont drive it that way for too long.
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Thought I've heard this as well, when the spare is used its supposed to be in fwd only mode by putting the fuse in.
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does it seems logical to you to remove the AWD fuse while driving on spare? does it say that in the SVX manual?
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And if you must use the space-saver spare, which is intended for emergency use only, mount it in the rear and get a "real" tire back in place ASAP. dcb |
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Ok guys, what are the effects of putting a fuse and using only the FWD for traction? any effect?
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You'll get better traction in AWD. And smoking the front wheels is probably detrimental to the health of the front differential.
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SilverSpear: Sorry... it often slips my mind that not everyone here's located in North America. dcb |
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Re: Can I "turn off" the AWD
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Using the spare tyre.
If the spare is at 60 psi, it will be the same diameter as the normal tyres. So it won't make any difference. The only caution is to limit the speed and distance that you drive, for the tyres sake only.
In the VTD version that Danny has, you can't turn off the AWD, you can only lock the center diff into 4WD, so both versions are designed to run the spare without any trouble. I reckond that the US version would be in more danger of hurting the front diff, by using the fuse, than hurting the Transfer clutch plates. Harvey.
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Re: Using the spare tyre.
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Re: Re: Using the spare tyre.
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I'm smiling, because the VTD can't have this problem. Harvey.
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