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Too much sand in the trunk??? 700 1986

posted by  james_a_sousa on  Tue Jan 8 17:29 CST 2002
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Fred - I've owned 4 740s, and am currently driving a 1990 740 Turbo in Massachusetts. (I do have studded snows.)

The only sand that ever got in the back of my cars got vacumed out twice a year or so during my annual spring and fall cleanings.

We have 4 drivers in the family and none have ever complained as long as the cars had 4 decent snows on them.

While I do not add weight, I would admit to carrying full size spare tire, and usually 35 or 40 pounds of tools and spare parts.

See if your car does anything funny on a straight but slippery road, or in a large parking lot if you accelerate hard or apply the brakes hard. For the most part, your car should track fairly straight, if not, you might need to check all four wheels' alignment.

Last winter my cruiser would pull to the right under acceleration, and pull to the left under braking. In really slippery conditions and at speed, this was quite exciting!

Turned out that one side of the rear axle was loose and moving back and forth due to torque forces.






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