rear wheels rotation rates

[FDShade@aol.com]

Jacked up the rear of the car, started engine and put into gear. The LF wheel rotates much faster than the RR - Is that normal ? Jim Shade, West Covina CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

[Donald Wilkinson]

digitaldon hopes Jim wasn't standing in front of the car............................ Jacked up the rear of the car, started engine and put into gear. The LF wheel rotates much faster than the RR - Is that normal ? Jim Shade, West Covina CA

[Chip Old]

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005 16:30 -0500, FDShade@aol.com wrote:

> Jacked up the rear of the car, started engine and put into gear. The LF > wheel rotates much faster than the RR - > > Is that normal ?

Well, since "LF" means "Left Front", no it's not normal. You must have the world's only four wheel drive TC. Sorry, I couldn't resist. Assuming you meant to write "LR", it's not unusual. All things being absolutely perfect it shouldn't happen, but things are seldom absolutely perfect. It just means there is more restance to rotation on the right side than on the left side, so the differential action speeds up the left wheel RPM an amount equal to the amount the right wheel is slowed down. Could be a rubbing brake shoe or a stiff bearing. -- Chip Old 1948 M.G. TC TC6710 XPAG7430 NEMGTR #2271 Cub Hill, Maryland fold@bcpl.net

[Peter Roberts]

Jim, You are not normal. LF faster than RR????? _Peter

[fnitz]

Probably the brakes are adjusted slightly tighter on the right side. Since the differential is not locked and is not limited slip, the wheels can and should rotate independently. -----Original Message----- From: FDShade@aol.com [mailto:FDShade@aol.com] Sent: Wednesday, March 09, 2005 1:31 PM To: mg-tabc@yahoogroups.com Subject: [mg-tabc] rear wheels rotation rates Jacked up the rear of the car, started engine and put into gear. The LF wheel rotates much faster than the RR - Is that normal ? Jim Shade, West Covina CA [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Yahoo! Groups Links