Thread: Suzuki escudo 4wd help

[QUOTE=Grey Kiwi;1487429]Very little slipping. It knew what wheel was slipping and reduced power to it (or maybe it was sending that to a wheel that had better grip). Bloody clever stuff anyway. /QUOTE]

It uses the ABS brakes to grip the spinning wheel, which it senses is spinning faster than the others, which in turn will transfer the power to the other wheel on that axle.

The last generation of NZ Army Land Rovers had early Range Rover drive train (less of course the useful disc brakes and coil suspension) so were also running AWD like your Escudo. Which when you get in the poo and don't know what you are doing is one wheel drive(as others have said).

Because the Landys had leaf suspension they were prone to pig jumping if you had not remembered much from your drivers course, and had not locked the centre diff. This killed a couple of drivers, as they attempted to negotiate steep lumpy terrain in low box without engaging the diff lock. Massive pig jumping results, driver loses control and the Rovers rolled off the feature into a gully with resultant fatalities.

When driven by experienced off roaders they were capable of scaring the pants off the more road orientated passengers, even with open diffs. Low tyre pressure and triple tractions helped a lot. That, and a very forgiving engine at low revs.

The Escudo can be a bit of a sleeper. Very capable in the right hands