Thread: Snow chains - cheap

Seriously? Where does one begin, size - doubt that they would have a size large enough to go around a D3 wheel. Quality - looks like plain round profile chain that doesn't bit into ice like square does. Fit- check what clearance you have behind the tyre from any suspension components at all wheel movements. Then there's tension mechanism. I'd fit them to your car but not mine.

I saw that too, damn they can make things cheap...

Might be worth checking how they sit on the tyre even if they do fit. Watch out for things catching on the inside of the wheel and scratching your rims (assuming alloys) on the outside...

Originally Posted by rufusking

Seriously? Where does one begin, size - doubt that they would have a size large enough to go around a D3 wheel. Quality - looks like plain round profile chain that doesn't bit into ice like square does. Fit- check what clearance you have behind the tyre from any suspension components at all wheel movements. Then there's tension mechanism. I'd fit them to your car but not mine.

You don't need to fit them to mine, but thanks for the offer.

Yes they are round profile chains from looking at the vid.

Where do you get snow chains of reasonable quality that will fit a D3 then?

Round/square profile... Shouldn't matter much when you have the weight of the car on it.

M

previous thoughts,,
Are snow chains MANDATORY in NSW on 4WD


http://www.aulro.com/afvb/d3-d4-rrs/...ns-d3-rrs.html

search is your friend

To be honest chains are one thing I wouldn't scrimp on, there's nothing worse than struggling with tangled ****ty chains by the side of the road when you can't feel your hands

Also they need to be diamond pattern now, any other style and they won't let you up the mountain if you get inspected.

I grabbed mine from ARB, Thules, and they've are super easy to get on and off.

Okay, I bought a pair a Aldi chains to see how they fit. Firstly they are square profile chains, and appear to be of reasonable design and quality ( but I'm no expert on snow chains)

However after fitting on the front, there's only about a finger width clearance behind the wheel between the chain's connention catch and the verticle arm on the wheel knuckle. Way too close for comfort.

Mind you Ive got slightly wider tyres than standard (265/65/R17) as a result of my rims. So maybe they could work for others.

Good thing with Aldi is that you can return things.

I was at Aldi today and they had two pairs that will fit my RRS and two pairs that would fit my Haflinger so I bought one of each.

Now the RRS handbook says to fit the chains on the front wheels only and chains must not be put on the rears. Putting a single pair of chains on the front is sort of understandable as steering is important but I am not sure how the CDL in the car will react.

When driving onroad on ice and snow "Grass, Gravel and Snow" would normally be selected in which case I believe the CDL will normally be 'off' until slip is detected when it starts to lock. So most drive will go to the rear wheels initially but as they will have no grip on ice they will start to spin a little with the cdl then sending drive to the front where the tyres have grip because of the chains.

For those in the know of TR systems, is my logic correct??

The handbook does not say why chains must not be fitted to the rear (under any circumstances) - does anyone know the reason - clearance or another reason? I am considering getting the one remain set but if they definitely should not go on the rear I will not bother.

Haflinger - in 4wd I assume they should also go on the front - but not sure on diff locks. I have diff locks at both ends and am not sure how a car responds with these on on ice - so with chains on the front should I have diff locks on or off?

Cheers

Garry