At 12:33 PM 7/27/01 -0400, you wrote:
>I left a months worth of rubber at a stop light on the way home last night.
>Other than brakes and tires am I doing any damage to my Dak?
The question is probably answered in the asking.
Worst case scenario:
The loads transmitted to tires with a oil slick between them and the road
(which is what you get when you liquefy your tires at those temperatures)
is much less than a "grab" situation. However, the transition points are
fairly equipment dangerous. When one wheel grabs and the other spins
the speeds and loads transferred through the differential can be phenomenal.
And when one tire grabs while the other is still spinning that if an
extraordinary
shock load to the differential.
Possible risks include:
putting too much torque through the rear end and damaging main bearing caps
and bearings and such,
bending suspension components,
snapping weak or old bolts in the torque converter, transmission mount, motor
mount on the driver's side, etc.
Picture taking a blow-torch and go around your rear tires for a while then
raise
one wheel off the ground, bolt a bar across the lug bolts so that you have
a good
"torquewrench" attached to one axle then hit the end of it with a sledge hammer
to apply shock loads to your differential.
Best case scenario:
Wearing out the above components earlier than would be the case under normal
driving operation.
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