Is it safe to handbrake a Scooby????
23 February 2005, 03:47 PM
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Is it safe to handbrake a Scooby????
With snow hopefully coming our way, Im thinking of going to the nearest deserted car park for a play, just like some of the chaps on here, BUT, is it ok to handbrake a Scooby, given the diff situation and all that????? Im talking MY99UK, not one of these fancy paints split diff jap contraptions 
My old Mk1 Escort used to be a hoot in the days when we got PROPER snow falls!
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Originally Posted by LIDDO
With snow hopefully coming our way, Im thinking of going to the nearest deserted car park for a play, just like some of the chaps on here, BUT, is it ok to handbrake a Scooby, given the diff situation and all that????? Im talking MY99UK, not one of these fancy paints split diff jap contraptions My old Mk1 Escort used to be a hoot in the days when we got PROPER snow falls!
My old Mk1 Escort used to be a hoot in the days when we got PROPER snow falls!
23 February 2005, 04:02 PM
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Not the best, either for the handbrake or the centre diff. Centre diff is limited slip, so you end up applying brkaing effort to the fronts as well, while the diff is getting a hard time due to the speed difference across it.
23 February 2005, 04:24 PM
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It's fine if the surface is slippery, ice, snow, gravel, grass that type of thing. The strain comes when the wheels are being forced to rotate under pressure, i.e handbreaking on dry tarmac. The car will still break traction, however as it grabs when traction is restored, alot of energy has to go through the diffs etc.
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Originally Posted by LIDDO
With snow hopefully coming our way, Im thinking of going to the nearest deserted car park for a play, just like some of the chaps on here, BUT, is it ok to handbrake a Scooby, given the diff situation and all that????? Im talking MY99UK, not one of these fancy paints split diff jap contraptions My old Mk1 Escort used to be a hoot in the days when we got PROPER snow falls!
My old Mk1 Escort used to be a hoot in the days when we got PROPER snow falls!You can put undue strain on the rear diff causing it to fail because your basically locking the rear wheels on an AWD car, the stress goes into the diff, which has only so much flexability.
If you want to have some "tail out action" all you have to do is give a good flick of the steering wheel and the tail will come out on its own on snow/ice
Tony
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