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Which wheels drive the bongo
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:30 pm
by Darrenl
Yesterday I was trying to reverse in my driveway, I had on half the van on ice and the other on dry paving, the rear wheel (offside) on the ice span with no traction and the other rear wheel just sat there doing nothing, I would have expected the wheel on the paving to work and help the other out, so my van was stuck and I had to use the other car, which is a 4x4 so it had no problems, my bongo is a 2 wheel driver so is a bongo a rear wheel drive? And secondly is it right that only one wheel should drive in reverse?
Cheers
Darren
Re: Which weeks drive the bongo
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:35 pm
by M 80NGO
Darrenl wrote:Yesterday I was trying to reverse in my driveway, I had on half the van on ice and the other on dry paving, the rear wheel (offside) on the ice span with no traction and the other rear wheel just sat there doing nothing, I would have expected the wheel on the paving to work and help the other out, so my van was stuck and I had to use the other car, which is a 4x4 so it had no problems, my bongo is a 2 wheel driver so is a bongo a rear wheel drive? And secondly is it right that only one wheel should drive in reverse?
Cheers
Darren
Yes buddy without going into it in to much detail your Diff will always put power to the wheel with the least resistance ie the one on the slippy stuff
Re: Which weeks drive the bongo
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 10:53 pm
by scanner
Yes that is how a common or garden differential works - for both wheels to drive you need a limited slip differential which drives both half shafts and thus both wheels through an arrangement of clutches.
Re: Which weeks drive the bongo
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:07 pm
by haydn callow
2 WD = Rear Wheel Drive
Re: Which weeks drive the bongo
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:17 pm
by Diplomat
I'm working on a revolutionary solution where the handbrake can be applied to the spinning wheel only.
That should get the good wheel turning!
Frank
Re: Which weeks drive the bongo
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:29 pm
by scanner
Diplomat wrote:I'm working on a revolutionary solution where the handbrake can be applied to the spinning wheel only.
That should get the good wheel turning!
Frank
Revolutionary? only in the sense of wheels going round, that idea has been around for years.
It's now done automatically and called "Traction Control"
Re: Which weeks drive the bongo
Posted: Thu Dec 23, 2010 11:51 pm
by Diplomat
scanner wrote:Diplomat wrote:I'm working on a revolutionary solution where the handbrake can be applied to the spinning wheel only.
That should get the good wheel turning!
Frank
Revolutionary? only in the sense of wheels going round, that idea has been around for years.
It's now done automatically and called "Traction Control"
My pun didn't go to waste!
Without giving away too much, I intend using a length of Dacron rope out of the appropriate front door terminated in a hook to pull the mechanism at the wheel.
Necessity is the mother of invention!
Frank
Re: Which weeks drive the bongo
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 12:26 pm
by Darrenl
Cheers all, so the solution is to stick a hook into the tyre and a price of rope to stop the wheel from rotating o:) or get off my fat butt and clear the snow off the drive before it turns to ice
Re: Which weeks drive the bongo
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 4:05 pm
by missfixit70
Bit of old carpet under the drive wheels'd probably be enough to give you grip, either that or some rocksalt/grit/sand.
Also get used to using the Auto box to your advantage (assuming that's what you've got) -
http://www.igmaynard.co.uk/bongo/forum/ ... =3&t=38644 - if you've got a manual, try setting off in a higher gear.
Re: Which weeks drive the bongo
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 4:11 pm
by dave_aber
I wouldn't hook the wheel or tyre with a rope, if you like the number of fingers you already have. The idea of manually activating one handbrake or the other, whilst a bit heath-robinson, would probably work. An old bit of carpet under each wheel is far more traditional though...
Re: Which weeks drive the bongo
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 4:12 pm
by missfixit70
Any chance a kind mod or admin could alter the title of the thread to make more sense?
Re: Which weeks drive the bongo
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 7:54 pm
by Diplomat
missfixit70 wrote:Any chance a kind mod or admin could alter the title of the thread to make more sense?
Re: Which weeks drive the bongo
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 7:57 pm
by Diplomat
missfixit70 wrote:Any chance a kind mod or admin could alter the title of the thread to make more sense?
Thanks, Kirsty and the mod.
I was going to suggest "The second and fourth in each month".
Happy Christmas Everyone.
Frank
Re: Which wheels drive the bongo
Posted: Fri Dec 24, 2010 8:09 pm
by missfixit70
Not just me biting my tongue then?