ok so it snowed alot today..and this happens everytime i drive in snow...when im stopped at a light or anywhere and i try to take off..the car always goes to the right...soo.to take off straight in snow i have to have the steering wheel turned to the left like its at the point where its pointing to my door..and it keeps me straight untill i get moving then i have to put the sterring wheel straight to drive straight..it feels like only the front right tire is moving..it feels very dangerous in this weather...so whats wrong??
check the tread on your tires, also might want to check your tire pressure. those are the easy things to check.
otherwise you may need an alignment
Welcome to front wheel drive in the snow. You don't have a limited slip diff which means that which ever tire has the least amount of resistance, it will be the one to spin.
stupid cavalier..thanks man
yup one wheel slips, the other does nothing.
-Borsty
yup one wheel slips, the other does nothing.
..lol so true.
Welcom to reality...
where front and rear wheel drive means one wheel drive.
and 4 wheel drive and AWD means 2 wheen drive
I want LSD.....
Maybe you should try taking off slow
when it snows so you don't have to worry
about it. Tryin to take off fast and spinning your
tires halfway up the street doesn't really make you
look like you know what your doing.
Nick@USOL.com wrote:where front and rear wheel drive means one wheel drive.
and 4 wheel drive and AWD means 2 wheen drive
I want LSD.....
So your telling me that a SRT-4 is AWD since it has a LSD?
Most vehicles don't have a LSD which effectively gives a single drive wheel in limited traction environments. You can even have a single wheel driving an AWD vehicle if they don't have a center LSD or some other torque splitting device.
Jackass wrote:Nick@USOL.com wrote:where front and rear wheel drive means one wheel drive.
and 4 wheel drive and AWD means 2 wheen drive
I want LSD.....
So your telling me that a SRT-4 is AWD since it has a LSD?
Most vehicles don't have a LSD which effectively gives a single drive wheel in limited traction environments. You can even have a single wheel driving an AWD vehicle if they don't have a center LSD or some other torque splitting device.
I dont think he meant just because a vehicle has an LSD its an AWD, he just said without a an LSD, Locker, or spooled differential a vehicle has only 1 drive wheel or 2 drive wheels depending if its 2 or 4 wheel.
Oh yeah all AWD systems have a Viscous Coupling which controls torque to the front wheels, it can deliver up to 30-35% power to the front wheels in a low traction and I forget how low when traction is good. This sytem allows the front to spin slower than the rear with out the T-Case binding. Since all AWD vehicles have this I think its impossible to make only one wheel spin even with open differential on the front and rear.
2000 Cavalier 5spd Manual 2.2L
