[TR] Free Wheel Def

[Jeff Scarbrough]

At 08:57 PM 10/24/2009, Jim Muller wrote:
>The last car I knew of which had one was the Saab 96, I think.

Sounds right.  I had a Sonett, which was the sports version of the 
96.  It had one, in theory...

>  Touble was, the V4 engine had so much torque it tended to break the
>freewheel, after which the car wouldn't go at all.

The one on my Sonett was welded up so it was direct drive.  Probably 
a good thing, as the brakes always got a good workout anyway.  Nice 
to have the engine helping...



Jeff Scarbrough      75 TR6 x 1, 76 1500 x 2, 78 1500 x 1, 80 1500 x 0.5
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