4wd

From: Rob Agnew (ragnew@islandnet.com)
Date: Thu Sep 24 1998 - 12:36:26 EDT


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>Date: Thu, 24 Sep 1998 07:59:02 -0500
>From: John Neff <jndneff@texas.net>
>Subject: RE:DML: Part-Time v.s. Full-Time

>Thank you for getting this out faster than I could. I cannot post from work
>and had to wait to get home. You are 100% on the money. I know from
>experience that part time 4WD will bind up in a tight turn on dry pavement.
>The truck stopped rolling! Luckily, I was moving very slow and did not
>damage anything.

>John
>98 Dak CC 4X4 Sport, 5.2L, auto, and on and on and on

You can safely test John's observation on gravel. Put it in 4wd and do a
tight turn slowly...you will hear your front wheels skidding. If the turn
is real tight, you will also feel resistance ... almost like you left the
parking brake on.

Rob Agnew
ragnew@islandnet.com

Victoria, B.C.
Canada



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