Re: A snow/ice storm and my A4Q (longish)...

[ti@bazooka.amb.org (Ti Kan)]

Martin Friedrich writes:
> Which brings me to a question I had in mind already for some time:
> Why do ABS and locking the rear diff manually exclude themselves?

Because when the rear diffs are locked, the two rear wheels are
forced to rotate at the same speed under all conditions.  This
effectively renders the ABS sensors on the two rear wheels from
functioning (they detect sudden relative changes in speed in order
to determine wheel lock)...

-Ti
96 A4 2.8 quattro
84 5000S 2.1 Turbo
80 4000 2.0
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