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X 90 RWD ?
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 6:15 pm
by crozx90
Hi Am looking to buy a 2WD X -90 but need the answer to a question...
Are they Rear Wheel Drive ?
Want to use one in a rally ( No 4x4 allowed ! ) and I don't want front wheel drive. Have looked online and it mentions both !
Definitive answer would be most appreciated -
Re: X 90 RWD ?
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 6:33 pm
by ScottieJ
Yes they are rwd
it's not hard to make the 4wd ones just rwd as well
Re: X 90 RWD ?
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:06 pm
by donkeychomp
Most were 2 wheel drive. If you can find the 4x4 version why not go for that?
Re: X 90 RWD ?
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:29 pm
by crozx90
The rally I want to enter stipulates no four wheel drive so I need the 2 WD model. The X90 looks ideal.
Re: X 90 RWD ?
Posted: Mon Oct 20, 2014 10:41 pm
by crozx90
Thanks Scottie, that's really helpful. I will go and look at one I know is for sale ( bit far away for me to go just to see if it was RWD ) what would need to be done to a 4x4 to make it RWD only ? Is the 4x4 higher spec ?
Croz
Re: X 90 RWD ?
Posted: Tue Oct 21, 2014 6:23 am
by timwilks13
remove the front prop, or with sj's etc when the transfer box is in 2wd it is RWD.
Re: X 90 RWD ?
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 10:21 am
by Edweird
As above. It should be as simple as undoing eight nuts/bolts and taking out the front prop if it is a 4x4 version.
Re: X 90 RWD ?
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 11:27 am
by Anton
If you can use a spanner, it's 5 minutes work to take out the front propshaft and make it a 2wd.
If you work slowly, it is...
Re: X 90 RWD ?
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 12:16 pm
by ScottieJ
You can't just pull the front propshaft or you'll loose all the tbox oil on v90/vit transferboxes. you'll need to cap the front output off somehow.
Re: X 90 RWD ?
Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2014 3:06 pm
by Anton
Oops - shouldn't have assumed that it was as easy with a Vit as an SJ.
Personally I'd get a second hand prop, take the UJ out, and use that as a cap.