drive wind up

[NeilT]

A friend was taking a turn at the wheel of my surf last weekend and i forgot to watch that he took it out of 4wd when we got on some (very dry) tarmac. I realised though when i heard a squeak from a tire after we'd u turned in the road. Retraced the u turn in reverse and it disengaged reluctantly and all seems fine. Can i assume that if everything works I've got away with it or is there anything i should check?

cheers

[TonyN]

Its OK, you'll only break something like a CV if you give it lots of welly on full lock. Otherwise the tyres just scuff like you found out.

It it broke something you'll have noticed.

[NeilT]

cheers tony, i'll stop waiting for bits of drive shaft to fly out when i go around bends then

[Gizmo]

besides reversing, you can always lift the wheels of the ground and see if they sping as they unwind the gearing!