Dale Minton
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Hi all, I've noticed for a time now that when I slowly reverse my SL from the driveway into the road whilst applying a reasonable amount of steering lock there appears to be a clunk or two from the rear end (although I can't feel it through the gearstick). I had put this down to the driveway being on a slight slope and the tyres grappling a bit as the two different levels of the drive and road met, as such I never really gave it too much thought. It's the same sort of subdued clunking I used to experience on a previous vehicle (of another make) and it was caused by the Limited Slip Diff plates grappling in the rear differential as the two rear wheels were rotating at different speeds when a reasonable amount of steering lock was applied. It certainly seems more pronounced in reverse than going forward but I've put this down to the fact that in reverse, and on lock, the difference in wheel speed would be more. Curiously enough, it doesn't seem to do this after the car has run for a few miles and some heat has got into the transmission (or maybe it's nothing to do with the transmission) - is it normal to experience something like this on an SL R230 when reversing on lock Advice please and thanks
Dale.
Dale.
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