Why the CVT is considered the best off-road transmission
- July 1, 2022
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There are tons of crossovers with CVTs on our market. Their designs are different, but they can all prove themselves well off-road. Unless, of course, the driver is
There are tons of crossovers with CVTs on our market. Their designs are different, but they can all prove themselves well off-road. Unless, of course, the driver is competent. The AvtoVzglyad portal tells why the variator can become the best transmission for bad roads.
Now CVTs are on many four-wheel drive crossovers, so there are a lot of rumors and speculation around them. For example, if you get on a bad road and even turn off, the box will overheat and you won’t have any problems. The experts of the AvtoVzglyad portal have a lot of experience to prove otherwise.
Now some CVTs perform very well on a broken primer and even some pretty serious off-road. Renault Duster with the TSe-150 engine is proof of that. Sure, you can overheat the Jatco CVT in the mud. It is enough to hold the throttle when the car is already turning helplessly on all four wheels. But hardly a reasonable person would do this.
But you have to be careful on suburban highways. Long runs at speeds over 100 km/h put a heavy load on the CVT, which can lead to overheating of the working fluid. This should be feared, because during “roasting” the friction clutches try and wear appears on the pulleys, which significantly reduces the resource of the assembly.
If we talk about the evolution of CVT design, then the variator has now combined the advantages of different types of transmissions. For example, the Toyota RAV4 “varicose veins” has a mechanical first gear. It is exactly the same as on classic mechanical boxes. Of course, the electronics controls the recording, but the Japanese have achieved the effect. When starting or slipping in the mud, no large jerky loads are transferred to the belt. This reduces the risk of overheating. Therefore, it became quite difficult to overheat the box on a bad road.
Another story that will convince you of the reliability of this node. In order to increase resources, a number of manufacturers once installed a reinforced belt in the units, but it turned out that it had a limit on flexibility, and they abandoned such a solution.
And in the 80s of the twentieth century, Subaru replaced the elastic belt with a drive made of metal links. So the Japanese solved the resource problem. And later they also introduced the Lineartronic variator, where instead of the belt a chain was made like a bicycle, but of course more complex. It consists of a large number of plates and shafts for connection, which provides excellent flexibility. This made it possible to use smaller radius pulleys and increase the working range. As a result, Subaru CVTs are considered the most “indestructible”, which the AvtoVzglyad portal was convinced by testing the updated Forester. And last year, the manufacturer gave a 10-year warranty on these types of boxes.
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Now CVTs are on many four-wheel drive crossovers, so there are a lot of rumors and speculation around them. For example, if you get on a bad road and even turn off, the box will overheat and you won’t have any problems. The experts of the AvtoVzglyad portal have a lot of experience to prove otherwise.
Now some CVTs perform very well on a broken primer and even some pretty serious off-road. Renault Duster with the TSe-150 engine is proof of that. Sure, you can overheat the Jatco CVT in the mud. It is enough to hold the throttle when the car is already turning helplessly on all four wheels. But hardly a reasonable person would do this.
But you have to be careful on suburban highways. Long runs at speeds over 100 km/h put a heavy load on the CVT, which can lead to overheating of the working fluid. This should be feared, because during “roasting” the friction clutches try and wear appears on the pulleys, which significantly reduces the resource of the assembly.
If we talk about the evolution of CVT design, then the variator has now combined the advantages of different types of transmissions. For example, the Toyota RAV4 “varicose veins” has a mechanical first gear. It is exactly the same as on classic mechanical boxes. Of course, the electronics controls the recording, but the Japanese have achieved the effect. When starting or slipping in the mud, no large jerky loads are transferred to the belt. This reduces the risk of overheating. Therefore, it became quite difficult to overheat the box on a bad road.
Another story that will convince you of the reliability of this site. In order to increase resources, a number of manufacturers once installed a reinforced belt in the units, but it turned out that it had a limit of flexibility, and they abandoned such a solution.
And in the 80s of the twentieth century, Subaru replaced the elastic belt with a drive made of metal links. So the Japanese solved the resource problem. And later they also introduced the Lineartronic variator, where instead of the belt a chain was made like a bicycle, but of course more complex. It consists of a large number of plates and shafts for connection, which provides excellent flexibility. This made it possible to use smaller radius pulleys and increase the working range. As a result, Subaru CVTs are considered the most “indestructible”, which the AvtoVzglyad portal was convinced by testing the updated Forester. And last year, the manufacturer gave a 10-year warranty on these types of boxes.
Source: Avto Vzglyad
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