At 09:18 PM 12/14/97 EST, you wrote:
>In a message dated 97-12-14 12:47:15 EST, vw4x4@FYI.NET writes:
>
>> The first problem I noted, the hard way, it my
>>     Viscous Coupling is not working when trying to
>>     back up! Do these things only work going forward?
>>     I could spin the front tires going forward, but even
>>     reving the engine to redline I could not get the
>>     front tires enough power to eather pull the van out
>>     of the mud or spin. Maybe the VC is going bad?
>
>Hmmmmm?  That's odd.  I don't know of anything in the VC that would indicate
>any differentce between forward and reverse action.  I'll have to try mine
one
>of these days and see what happens.
>
>Regards,
>Jim Davis
>
How 'bout when braking - does the VC get involved if, say, you lock up the
fronts while the rears continue to turn?  Or, braking with one side of the
vehicle in gravel & the other on pavement?  Just curious...

Austin