Now the market is increasingly faced with a shortage of spare parts and oils. At the same time, many sellers are only concerned with finding a replacement for motor oils and lubricants for gearboxes. Ordinary drivers focus on this. Forgetting that a four-wheel drive car has important components that also urgently need lubrication, as well as their regular replacement. We are talking about right-angle gearboxes, transfer cases and electromagnetic clutches.
Usually they just forget to change the lubricant in these nodes. And that should certainly happen, because the chassis of a crossover with four-wheel drive is more heavily loaded. For example, parts wear when towing a trailer, driving on dusty roads or driving on asphalt at high speeds. Not to mention skidding, when the driver wants to get out of the mud or snow captivity.
Due to high loads in the nodes, metal wear products are formed that end up in the oil. Add to this the dust and dirt that enters the units through the vents during the gearbox warm-up and cool-down. And when forcing deep puddles, water can get in. In general, the “fluid” needs to be updated, which many manufacturers prescribe in the manuals.
For example, Toyota prescribes that the oil in RAV4 gearboxes should be changed after 40,000 km and checked every 20,000 km. Skoda recommends re-lubrication of the fifth-generation Haldex clutch every 60,000 km, while Volkswagen requires this procedure to be performed every three years. Many car enthusiasts forgot, or didn’t do it on purpose, hoping to sell the car before it got into trouble, but the crisis mixed all the cards.
Now the period of car ownership has increased as citizens are already facing problems. Reducers and couplings began to fail en masse. In addition, the original liquids have risen sharply in price, and it is scary to fill in the non-original name, because no one gives a guarantee for this substance. Over time, the problem will only increase, so we recommend that you stock up on oil now and have it replaced in the service. Otherwise you run the risk of expensive repairs.
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Now the market is increasingly faced with a shortage of spare parts and oils. At the same time, many sellers are only concerned with finding a replacement for motor oils and lubricants for gearboxes. Ordinary drivers focus on this. Forgetting that a four-wheel drive car has important components that also urgently need lubrication, as well as their regular replacement. We are talking about right-angle gearboxes, transfer cases and electromagnetic clutches.
Usually they just forget to change the lubricant in these nodes. And that should certainly happen, because the chassis of a crossover with four-wheel drive is more heavily loaded. For example, parts wear when towing a trailer, driving on dusty roads or driving on asphalt at high speeds. Not to mention skidding, when the driver wants to get out of the mud or snow captivity.
Due to high loads in the nodes, metal wear products are formed that end up in the oil. Add to this the dust and dirt that enters the units through the vents during the gearbox warm-up and cool-down. And when forcing deep puddles, water can get in. In general, the “fluid” needs to be updated, which many manufacturers prescribe in the manuals.
For example, Toyota prescribes that the oil in RAV4 gearboxes should be changed after 40,000 km and checked every 20,000 km. Skoda recommends re-lubrication of the fifth-generation Haldex clutch every 60,000 km, while Volkswagen requires this procedure to be performed every three years. Many car enthusiasts forgot, or didn’t do it on purpose, hoping to sell the car before it got into trouble, but the crisis mixed all the cards.
Now the period of car ownership has increased, because citizens are already facing problems. Reducers and couplings began to fail en masse. In addition, the original liquids have risen sharply in price, and it is scary to fill in the non-original name, because no one gives a guarantee for this substance. Over time, the problem will only increase, so we recommend that you stock up on oil now and have it replaced in the service. Otherwise you run the risk of expensive repairs.
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