I've wondered if the incidence of damaged vehicles were greater driving and struggling against the snow.
durring the Great Blizzard of 2010, I struggled to get out of the snow rocking forward and backward in frustration. Later, I had a nagging worry that I may have shortened my transmission's life. I think I may have :-(
and,
shamefully, I must say that I may have *intentionally* driven onto patches of ice/snow all for the low thrill of feeling the car slide and slip. sometimes, only one of the front wheel would slip, this seems to have caused the transmission to lurch forward.
Suspicion confirmed! (maybe)
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/auto-repair-shops-reap-winters-bounty/?ref=automobiles
Quote:
This winter some repair shops are reporting one of their busiest periods in memory, largely on the dollars of drivers who, overeager to leave parking spaces that are hemmed in by ice and snow, apply too much gas and spin their wheels in forward and reverse gears. This can overload the transmission and damage pumps, bushings and housings throughout the engine.
Quote:
When a wheel is struggling to find traction on an icy surface, its speed greatly exceeds that of the vehicle. This imbalance, especially for a car with virtually no road speed — like one trying to leave an icy parking space — at minimum creates friction at crucial points within the transmission, and can even cause a bushing to break away entirely and become a high-speed projectile within the engine bay.
“If the bushing has fused or worn away, the oil pump is going to leak,” Mr. Delarea said. “About 75 percent of the winter repairs we’re doing are because of bushing-related oil leaks, and the other 25 percent are on fully broken planetary gears because people are overloading their transmissions.”
durring the Great Blizzard of 2010, I struggled to get out of the snow rocking forward and backward in frustration. Later, I had a nagging worry that I may have shortened my transmission's life. I think I may have :-(
and,
shamefully, I must say that I may have *intentionally* driven onto patches of ice/snow all for the low thrill of feeling the car slide and slip. sometimes, only one of the front wheel would slip, this seems to have caused the transmission to lurch forward.
Suspicion confirmed! (maybe)
http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/02/03/auto-repair-shops-reap-winters-bounty/?ref=automobiles
Quote:
This winter some repair shops are reporting one of their busiest periods in memory, largely on the dollars of drivers who, overeager to leave parking spaces that are hemmed in by ice and snow, apply too much gas and spin their wheels in forward and reverse gears. This can overload the transmission and damage pumps, bushings and housings throughout the engine.
Quote:
When a wheel is struggling to find traction on an icy surface, its speed greatly exceeds that of the vehicle. This imbalance, especially for a car with virtually no road speed — like one trying to leave an icy parking space — at minimum creates friction at crucial points within the transmission, and can even cause a bushing to break away entirely and become a high-speed projectile within the engine bay.
“If the bushing has fused or worn away, the oil pump is going to leak,” Mr. Delarea said. “About 75 percent of the winter repairs we’re doing are because of bushing-related oil leaks, and the other 25 percent are on fully broken planetary gears because people are overloading their transmissions.”
