Re: 2wd quattro

["Wm. Josiah Erikson" <werikson@hampshire.edu>]

That makes very little sense to me. 4KQ's have an open center diff, so if
you just took the prop shaft out and didn't lock the center diff, the car
wouldn't move- the output to the rear wheels on the back of the
trans/center diff would just spin, I would think.
    -Josiah

Mike Del Tergo wrote:

> >  was thinking that if I took the prop off and locked the center diff
> that I could drive the ten mile round trip with little trouble?
>
> This is why it's paramount to check the function of the diff locks
> before buying a Q.  The only time I've tried/run across this is when
> testing a 4000Q.  It drove and ran fine and finally I locked the diffs
> for a test and the car would not move, either with one diff locked or
> both.  Very odd I thought, looked underneath and no prop shaft!  So I'm
> not sure why you'd have to lock the center diff, but this example drove
> fine with no proshaft.
> Mike
>
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