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Originally Posted by XYZ
No, you don't apply the handbrake. Obviously, if you apply the parking brake the rear wheels won't turn. To check the rear wheels on a FWD vehicle, leave the transmission in park. They should turn freely. They are not attached to the drive train on a 2 wheel drive car that has FWD.
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Park is fine for auto trannies, but better not take a risk. I've seen a car fall from a jack once. Luckily noone got hurt - that time.
Better not push your luck and use the parking brake just to be sure. Or block the wheels. Combine measures, just for if one should fail.
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Originally Posted by XYZ
No, if the transmission is in neutral the wheels should turn easily.
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My CVT was in N and the front wheels were about 5 times as reluctant to turn as the rear ones. And when they did, the opposing wheel went the other way; not fully, but it had the tendency. So even the part ahead of the diff offered resistance.
It may be a CVT particularity, but I know what I'm talking about.
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Originally Posted by XYZ
That could be it. But there should be no rolling resistance when in neutral.
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I can push my car with 2 fingers on the flat; it is the heaviest I ever owned and the easiest to push, despite the resistance in N.
I found out I can even push it in D, engine off! Resistance is not that great too, but of course bigger than in N.
CVT is a strange animal.
[edit] not that strange really. N disengages the engine from the whole tranny, not the tranny from the drive shafts.
By turning the shafts you turn both drum sets and the connecting shackle belt.
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