24-06-2022, 09:23 PM
I am wondering what is wrong with my Ruby, a rather strange fault.
Sometimes it’s as if something is jamming. Out of gear and brakes off, the car only rolls a couple of inches either way, then stops abruptly. Pushing the car it rocks easily backwards or forwards, but only a couple of inches. It’s as if the propshaft won’t turn and the car is just free for the amount of slack in the diff.
Try to drive the car and it’s a bit reluctant to move, then after a couple of feet it is free, and drives as normal. Drives as normal for twenty miles and more. Drives as normal when you stop and start.
I’ve figured out that from rest if you drive for just a couple of inches it locks up, either forwards or backwards, so manoeuvring is difficult, and it sometimes happens in stop-start traffic. If you never drive just a couple of inches the car drives normally.
After a fast (for Ruby) twenty mile drive I found both front brakes COLD. Both rear brakes a teeny bit warm. The diff, well warm. The gearbox, yikes that more than warm.
Any ideas?
Sometimes it’s as if something is jamming. Out of gear and brakes off, the car only rolls a couple of inches either way, then stops abruptly. Pushing the car it rocks easily backwards or forwards, but only a couple of inches. It’s as if the propshaft won’t turn and the car is just free for the amount of slack in the diff.
Try to drive the car and it’s a bit reluctant to move, then after a couple of feet it is free, and drives as normal. Drives as normal for twenty miles and more. Drives as normal when you stop and start.
I’ve figured out that from rest if you drive for just a couple of inches it locks up, either forwards or backwards, so manoeuvring is difficult, and it sometimes happens in stop-start traffic. If you never drive just a couple of inches the car drives normally.
After a fast (for Ruby) twenty mile drive I found both front brakes COLD. Both rear brakes a teeny bit warm. The diff, well warm. The gearbox, yikes that more than warm.
Any ideas?