Frontera Technical Support

by **Garracc** on Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:19 am

Hi all, thought I would share my embarrasing day with you all and see if you could shed some light

Ok, took swb fronty off road for first time today as the mrs is ill so she wasn't using it

Only went off one of our farm tracks and onto some rather soggy grass and down a hill to do some work, couldn't believe it when i couldn't get back up said hill :oops:

4x4 was working but as soon as one wheel started spinning that seemed to be it and it seemed like the other 3 weren't turning :shock:

I am correct in assuming the fronty has a lsd aren't I. I have put this naff experience down to having road tyres fitted but i never had this prob with my previous shogie. Has anyone had a similar experience

by **UGE** on Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:40 am

not had that prob as yet however i about F..... mine tonight going through a flood in Leicester. (got some water vapour in the air intake from spray)

I have Grabber AT2s and they have enough to get me up some lets say muddy/gravely lanes

think it could be down to your tyres but i am probs wrong as im sure someone will point out.

Did you try getting a run up in 4x4 low??

by **Drift** on Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:45 am

Not many have LSD very likely the tyres you have.

Jack up the rear wheels, turn one wheel, if the other wheel turns the same way, you have LSD, if it goes the opposite you have a standard axle :wink:

by **Garracc** on Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:47 am

I did, but it was even worse in low :!:

Would like to point out i did get out a different way but it was nervewracking and in the end i had to adopt the Jeremy Clarkson approach to offroading........foot to the floor and hope you dont die :shock:

by **UGE** on Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:49 am

Garracc wrote:I did, but it was even worse in low in the end i had to adopt the Jeremy Clarkson approach to offroading........foot to the floor and hope you dont die

like it

by **Garracc** on Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:52 am

Thanks Drift, will check that out but i didn't know lsd weren't the norm :cry:

Guess lsd are a more recent fronty addition so having an N reg "A" its bound to be a standard axle isn't it :?:

by **Drift** on Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:58 am

Nope a good few 95 and 96 models have it, worth checking :wink:

by **Garracc** on Thu Jan 17, 2008 12:59 am

Cheers mate, will add it to my list :wink:

by **UGE** on Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:00 am

i know what im doing on sat now, thanx for saying how to check it Drift

by **Garracc** on Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:00 am

Cheers mate, will add it to my list :wink:

by **Drift** on Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:01 am

Ill keep ya all busy :lol:

by **stu** on Thu Jan 17, 2008 1:06 am

im gonna check mine as well ,just in case .

by **Wilberforce** on Thu Jan 17, 2008 7:03 am

Yerrr, me too... Unlikely, but seeing as I've got a back axle on from another car, there's a chance, hehe...

Website · by **Big Dave** on Thu Jan 17, 2008 8:38 am

Hmm, a cold wet Saturday Morning crawling aound under the fronty - Count me in

Think I'll have a little check too.

by **Red Oktober** on Thu Jan 17, 2008 9:13 am

Mine doesn't have an LSD rear axle :cry:

....there is a way to have it tho :twisted:

by **meooo** on Thu Jan 17, 2008 10:19 pm

Red Oktober wrote:Mine doesn't have an LSD rear axle ....there is a way to have it tho

DONT WELD IT UP!! :lol:

Most SWB didn't have LSD, only LWB, and I think it was an option @ extra cost

by **Sir-Doris** on Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:02 pm

I want an LSD, Iv never thought to check. Who here is handy with a welder? :twisted:

by **Luke** on Thu Jan 17, 2008 11:10 pm

Garracc wrote:..........rather soggy grass

When I got my first fronty 2.3D lwb I also got it stuck in some wet grass. I was horrified and very imbaresd, then I got some mud terrain tyres instead of the almost bald road tyres it had and it was unstoppable