AWD rolling resistance, is it greater than FWD

[rkarkosh]

Last spring I bought a '92 Talon. I noticed right away that this car didn't roll well but then it threw a rod before I could investigate. I now have the car running again. While it was down I went over the car's brakes and found the park brake was rusted and a front caliper was dragging. Everything is fixed but the car still seems to not want to roll. Is this normal? Also, the LSD seems to not allow the rear wheels to slip freely. This is very noticeble during sharp turns where the outside tire sounds like it is scuffing.
Thanks for any advice.

 

[GSXTuner]

I'm having the same problem with my 98 right now.. i'm thinking something in the rear diff?

 

[steve]

The AWD drivetrain does have higher resistance than the FWD normally but not enough that you would notice just pushing the car by hand.

In typical DSM fashion when I was fixing a axle seal leak I discovered the the spiders (u-joints) in the drive shaft had gone bad and were very stiff and rough when turning. I had noticed that the car wasn't coasting like it used to and replacing all of them fixed the problem.

I can easily roll the car around by hand again.

Steve