Originally Posted by
tsair
Random question -- should there be any play between the front and rear wheels turning?
If I lock down the front wheels with my hands (holding them in the air) and then try to roll the car back and forth on its back wheels, I can roll it about an inch back and forth before the slipper is forced to engage.
So basically there is about an inch of roll back and forth when one set of wheels is locked down.
Logically I can't see why it would do this unless the middle or back belts is massively slipping (broken teeth or belts). The front belt is fine.
I went through the whole drivetrain, serviced the diffs and put in all aluminum pulleys and gear diff pulleys and replaced the front belt anyway. About half of the play was eliminated, so I'm guessing there is just a little bit of play in the belt system that develops over time.
I'm curious why there are still two pulleys (the ones for the side belt) they don't make aluminum versions of? Do these take less of a beating than the rest of the pulleys?