Removing center diff fuse

[Zach]

What will this do?

[madmike]

Stop the centre diff working

[rex-leggy]

turn your 4wd into a fwd dosent it . in a legacy ?

[Zach]

haha so is it possible to make your wrx rwd by pulling a lil ol fuse out? surely not

[DRFVDR]

 Zach said:

haha so is it possible to make your wrx rwd by pulling a lil ol fuse out? surely not

nope

will make an auto car FWD same as fitting a fuse to the FWD marked fuse holder ( under bonnet driver side in early autos, in fuse box late autos)

These cars are built as a FWD car with the ability of the rear wheels to drive, how this is done and percentage of drive to front/rear depends on type and model of Gearbox

[rex-leggy]

 rex-leggy said:

turn your 4wd into a fwddosent it . in a legacy ?

;D

[gotasuby]

There are 3 types of auto. 2 of them lock centre diff when they have a fuse. The other has no centre diff at all and uses a clutch pack to transfer power to the rear. This is the fwd type box when fuse in.

[Kiwi_Fozze]

my 2000 forester had the fwd fuse.

my 2001 sti has the fwd fuse.

use it when you get a flat, put space saver on the back, 2 good tyres on front, fwd fuse in to save center diff.

[Guest]

How does it disable the diff?

[Zach]

yea how does the ecu disable a diff

[loner]

Must be like DCCD and use electro magnets or something.

[Joker]

there is NO center diff fuse

[gotasuby]

Works similar to dccd. Has a clutch pack that a solenoid applies pressure to pack to increase and decrease torque transfer. When fwd fuse it it disables solenoid. When lock fuse is In it apply full line pressure to clutch pack.

Also I highly doubt your sti has a fwd fuse as sti didn\'t become auto until 2011

[Joker]

and the fabled fuse on Auto cars is one you PUT IN to activate FWD for towing or in the event of a Space saver being fitted

(well not towing becaus you should NEVER tow an Auto with ANY wheels on the ground

[DRFVDR]

 gotasuby said:

Works similar to dccd. Has a clutch pack that a solenoid applies pressure to pack to increase and decrease torque transfer. When fwd fuse it it disables solenoid. When lock fuse is In it apply full line pressure to clutch pack.

Also I highly doubt your sti has a fwd fuse as sti didn\'t become auto until 2011

the DCCD uses a similar clutch pack set up as the auto, so by all intents and purposes it can be disabled the same.

[boon]

 kwi_fozze said:

my 2000 forester had the fwd fuse.

my 2001 sti has the fwd fuse.

use it when you get a flat, put space saver on the back, 2 good tyres on front, fwd fuse in to save center diff.

Have a look in the "FWD" fuse hole on your STI, I bet you there\'s no contacts in the holes.

Or at least, there aren\'t any in mine. Pretty sure it\'s an AT thing.

[CUDDAS]

If you have a lsd rear diff, you don\'t put the space saver there, space saver on the front & fuse in.

& i thought that the towing issue with fuse in was for the raised front wheels on a dolly type -Like behind a tow truck?

Mine was put on transporters when diffs blew nothing good happends towing them lile that

[Joker]

yea no towing an auto at all is the Subaru recommended procedure for an Auto trans (not saying you cant do it

[gotasuby]

I have had a fire from towing an auto haha. Don\'t recommend it

[lachlan]

elaborate ^^

[gotasuby]

Brought a dead car from down south. Knew it was going to damage gearbox but ended up with a fire. After Ashburton from Dunedin.