Rear Wheels Dragging, Is this Normal? (Video Inside)
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Rear Wheels Dragging, Is this Normal? (Video Inside)
Trying to find out why i get really bad mpg, so I decided to jack the front and rear of my car to see how much drag there was, the fronts were ok, wasn't much drag at all
The rears are really hard to spin, with e-brake off and in neutral I felt a lot of drag on both sides. I dont know if this is normal because its my first RWD car but all my FWD cars i've owned spun 3 to 4 times easier by hand
Its kind of hard to tell in the video but im using 2 hands and a lot of force to spin the tires, probably 75% of my power
20130303_130041 - YouTube
The rears are really hard to spin, with e-brake off and in neutral I felt a lot of drag on both sides. I dont know if this is normal because its my first RWD car but all my FWD cars i've owned spun 3 to 4 times easier by hand
Its kind of hard to tell in the video but im using 2 hands and a lot of force to spin the tires, probably 75% of my power
20130303_130041 - YouTube
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I just jacked it up again and confirmed that its not brake drag
so its either normal, or maybe im low on diff or tranny fluid? or maybe because its cold outside its hard to spin untill fluids warm up? because the more i spun it by hand the easier it seemed to be getting. I'm going to get them topped off when i get the chance
so its either normal, or maybe im low on diff or tranny fluid? or maybe because its cold outside its hard to spin untill fluids warm up? because the more i spun it by hand the easier it seemed to be getting. I'm going to get them topped off when i get the chance
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I know its not supposed to free spin because of the axle, diff, drive shaft and tranny gears but I didn't think it would be as hard as it is
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