Recent content by buttons252

My long term goal is to remove all the front wheel drive drivetrain, change the transmission tailshaft, custom drive shaft to just have a rear wheel drive only. Some weight savings to be had, but a lot less headaches in the long run. Granted i live in Michigan and AWD could be nice on occasion...

my "new to me" saab 9-7x arc before i had time to give it a proper bath taken behind my local coffee shop.

thats an idea, before i throw money at a shock/spring conversion kit

Your assuming my AWD was working properly. Just last night, i pulled the encoder motor off and turned the shaft to neutral. it no longer binds now.

Well, finally found time to work on the saab. Drained the transfer case, it had about 3-4oz of black ooze and some chunks came out. pumped in 2qt of autotrak II. Then removed encoder motor and shifted the transfer case to 2wd. My saab no longer binds or makes groaning noises at low speed...

Id like to see the outcome.

I would assume winter blend would improve gas mileage, dont they reduce the ethanol to reduce cold start issues? I believe they do at least in E85. Anyway, if your AWD was stuck on that would increase parasitic loss -- but it would be really obvious anytime you were in a parking lot trying to...

well firestone found the vibration culprit at least one of them... the rear driveshaft / u joints are wobbling really bad. im going to try and replace the transfer case fluid tonight after work. got the two quarts of autotrak II and a hand pump.

Yeah, today im dropping it off to have them check out the tires and U-joints today. I work 8am-6pm and i hate working on cars in the dark, plus its cold. It does have new ball joints too. Does anyone know if I can just remove the encoder motor, turn the shaft with pliers to force 2wd, then...

Hello, I just picked up a cheap 9-7x friday -- I knew it would take some wrenching to fix but its not as simple as i had hoped. I did some research before i bought the suv and i was falsely under the impression i could manually disengage the awd and just drive it RWD. Anyway here is the two...