4WS Win

Post by **Merlin** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 5:15 pm

preludebaz1977 wrote:ah right so if it fails its not actually a dangerous thing then

Potentailly very dangerous! Vtecmec said he didnt notice anything because he pootles. Given enough cornering force the load overcomes the springs holding the wheels pointing forewards. The car can then crab with bad consequences.

preludebaz1977 · Post by **preludebaz1977** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 6:00 pm

oh dear not good , this is making me think do i still continue with lude after hearing this

Post by **Pushki** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 6:08 pm

Proper maintenance and you'll be fine!!

preludebaz1977 · Post by **preludebaz1977** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 6:19 pm

so its not a thing to worry about unless yu have the light

Post by **Lude-dude** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 7:00 pm

I would say car is driveable, but would avoid motorway at high speed it did feel wrong

when sorted and good geo setup, its good thing to have

Post by **Vtecmec** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 7:47 pm

Merlin wrote:Vtecmec said he didnt notice anything because he pootles

Yes.

Pushki wrote:Proper maintenance and you'll be fine!!

Yes.

Lude-dude wrote:I would say car is driveable, but would avoid motorway at high speed it did feel wrong

when sorted and good geo setup, its good thing to have

and Yes.

It's a relatively simple system and if something does go wrong, the car is still driveable and not all too difficult to sort out, particularly with the knowledge shared on here.

preludebaz1977 · Post by **preludebaz1977** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 9:34 pm

ok cheers , it was one thing worrying me and also the bottom pulley thats been mentioned on a few threads...

bennyboy · Post by **bennyboy** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:26 pm

The bottom pulley is mainly down to some garages not RTFM! when they do a cam-belt change, even when you print out the page and give it to them....

It has to be very tight, and they do it with an airgun....like everything else. Eventually it works loose.

Edited to say: I've had my car 10 years (as I seem to harp on about) and I've called the AA out 3 times:
TWO were for the crank pulley....
One genuine breakdown and it was just the ignitor, think it ws about 20 quid and 10 minutes to fix.

Dont worry about the reliability, they are great. Just get a well looked after example if you can and you're half way there

JayJay · Post by **JayJay** » Thu Jul 26, 2012 10:59 pm

bennyboy wrote:Dont worry about the reliability, they are great. Just get a well looked after example if you can and you're half way there

This ^. Only problems I've ever had were the crank pulley! The radiator sprung a leak but I knew it was getting on and should have replaced it before that. Anything else is due to me messing about. Just keep the car maintained and they're great.

nitin_s1 · Post by **nitin_s1** » Fri Jul 27, 2012 5:58 am

Ammo wrote:Turning circle sucks on the BB4 though

On my UKDM 4ws was great. Then on the SiR 2WS was really bad but in the ATTS is even worse. I sometimes have to do a five point turn.