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breckert
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Nov 24, 2008, 7:07 PM
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ok here i am asking another stupid question about awd but i have a 96 bravada with awd with a 35/65 split which is rear biased. on snow covered hills when accelerating hard the whole car will usually slide to the right or left. is this normal and it seems that my right tire will spin more often then my left tire on the front.
any help is much aprecciated.
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Jeff Norfolk
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Nov 24, 2008, 7:11 PM
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Not much experiance with the ice or snow in south Texas but I would say that is fairly normal under hard acceleration up hill in the snow. Just my thought.
Jeff
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Jeff Norfolk
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Nov 24, 2008, 7:13 PM
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Also if you see my mom and dad walking on the way up that hill in the snow, pick them up. The are far to old to be out in the snow. Thanks
Jeff
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Loren Champlain Sr
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Nov 24, 2008, 7:28 PM
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Oh, that's what that 'bump' was. Hmmm.
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Nov 24, 2008, 8:48 PM
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breckert: AWD isn't some cure all for ice and snow - it just helps! More freakin' SUVs find themselves upside down on the side of the road than regular cars out there thinking they are exempt from traction issues.
I have plowed snow since the mid 1960s and am always shocked at folks who will pass by plow trucks because they drive so slowly - note they are still on the road!
All vehicles have FOUR brakes and are equal when you lose it - just remember that! Ice is ice and nothing can do any better than the available traction of tire to surface and sometimes that's near nothing!
Note: There's is static and dynamic friction. When a wheel slips from either stopping or accellerating is has near zero grip (dynamic friction/traction) on the surface hence a 2WD not spinning or skidding has better traction and control then all four spinning or skidding - got it?
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(This post was edited by Tom Greenleaf on Nov 24, 2008, 8:55 PM)
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dmac0923
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Nov 25, 2008, 6:25 AM
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breckert: AWD isn't some cure all for ice and snow - it just helps! More freakin' SUVs find themselves upside down on the side of the road than regular cars out there thinking they are exempt from traction issues. I have plowed snow since the mid 1960s and am always shocked at folks who will pass by plow trucks because they drive so slowly - note they are still on the road! All vehicles have FOUR brakes and are equal when you lose it - just remember that! Ice is ice and nothing can do any better than the available traction of tire to surface and sometimes that's near nothing! Note: There's is static and dynamic friction. When a wheel slips from either stopping or accellerating is has near zero grip (dynamic friction/traction) on the surface hence a 2WD not spinning or skidding has better traction and control then all four spinning or skidding - got it? T
for the most part 4wd/AWD. is at its best to help you from getting stuck and get going up. Its never intended to be a fail-safe anti-spin out feature so you can rush home when you got stuck late at work.
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dmac0923
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Nov 25, 2008, 6:35 AM
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oh and btw back to your original question...... what your experiencing is normal. wheels will spin at different speeds as they try to transfer power between wheels.
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