Grip

[tom-m]

The other day i found a big lump of greese on my drives side door. After i saw it i noticed that my power steering seemed a lot lighter and wasnt making a massive noise all the time. But i have also noticed a big loss in grip in first gear. it spins up all the time. I no its wet and all but it never used to be this bad. pull away fast this morning and was spinning. so i came off the accelrator and went slowly back on it and it kept spinning untill second gear!!!!

Anyone got an idea as where the gresse might have come from and y its spinning so much???

 

[crono33]

it really sounds like just slippery road. dunno where the grease came from. can only be the CV joints, if it comes from the car


Quote: Originally posted by tom-m on 02 March 2004
The other day i found a big lump of greese on my drives side door. After i saw it i noticed that my power steering seemed a lot lighter and wasnt making a massive noise all the time. But i have also noticed a big loss in grip in first gear.  it spins up all the time. I no its wet and all but it never used to be this bad. pull away fast this morning and was spinning. so i came off the accelrator and went slowly back on it and it kept spinning untill second gear!!!!Anyone got an idea as where the gresse might have come from and y its spinning so much???

 

[tom-m]

Yer im hoping its just slippery road! Wait and see what its like at lunch coz its really sunny today and the road is a lot dryer!

If it is from the cv joint is that bad????

 

[crono33]

check the CV joints rubber hoods. if they are split and grease went out and water went it, then the CV is doomed. Quote: Originally posted by tom-m on 02 March 2004
Yer im hoping its just slippery road! Wait and see what its like at lunch coz its really sunny today and the road is a lot dryer! If it is from the cv joint is that bad????

 

[tom-m]

ok mate. cheers i like your choice of words doomed.

Will have a look when i get home from work. Thanks

 

[JAY172]

sounds like it could be from the driveshaft cv joint due to a split gaitor.if you check it and change the gaitor asap then you will prevent damage to the cv joint.

 

[tom-m]

Not being very mechanicly minded. what would i have to look for or is it somthing simple???

 

[JAY172]

just look at the rubber gaitor on the end of your driveshaft.you will know if its gone because grease will have been flung everywhere.

 

[tom-m]

Ok mate. cheers. Your like the technical guru arnt u? Not that thats a bad thing.

 

[JAY172]

posting on here keeps me occupied.id only be sat in the pub or lied on the sofa bored.cant be arsed to do a lot of fiddle jobs to keep me busy in the winter cos im a bit nesh!

 

[tom-m]

That fair enough mate. Nothing wrog with the pub. just went out and looked and its all find. Dont no hwere the greese came from. must have just flicked up.

Cheers for that mate

 

[JAY172]

panic over then mate.like the pub but i got fed up of waking up every morning with a banging headache and an empty wallet.once i get in there i never stop at a few.

 

[tom-m]

Yer must just be the slippy roads and my rubbish driving.

Haha, know what u mean once i start i cant stop!

 

[stevo20]

hi mate not sure about the grease but possibly the reason your wheels are spinning is because youve driven over the grease on the ground which will obviously cause the car to spin, i always find that things like this are simple problems that seem huge, good luck buddy.



steve

 

[tom-m]

i think it might have been greese on the tyre coz it seemed really slippy when i ran my hand over it! Cheers. seems loads better now

 

[stevo20]

no worries fella....as i said it ALWAYS seems worse than it is.