Originally Posted by Cutless009

What do you mean? What's the point of having a 4x4 truck if you don't leave it in 4-wheel all the time? I mean sure it makes horrible noises when I'm parking or making a turn, but I just take that as a sign that the 4x4 is doing it's job. It makes me feel safe, and it's great to know that when I am doing 70 on the freeway in 4L (whatever L means! I just turned that **** all the way to 11!) that I can dip off into the median at any time and have some fun (and I frequently do!). Plus the sound that big bad V8 makes at constant redline is amazing. It feels like I'm driving a stock car around Daytona! Why would you drive your truck any other way?



Seriously though, thanks for the thoughts guys. I recently lost all of my tools in a family spat, so I don't even have a jack to lift her up with at the moment. I'll test this out as soon as I can get some access to my tools back.

Originally Posted by homer

lol, sorry to hear about the tools. Hey.... you'd be surprised on here (I'm not joking - there is a post that was related to someone not realizing they were in 4x4 here).... there are people who would drive around in 4x4 on dry asphalt let alone know where that dial is. I don't know you, so I have to throw any suggestions out there that could contribute to this issue! My intention wasn't to offend, you asked a question, I threw out any possibilities of what could cause it (as that was the question you asked originally). Either way, if I did offend you my apologies.

Originally Posted by LaMartian

Jack up the front of the truck and grip the tire at 12 and 6, shake the tire (push one hand in, pull one hand out, and reverse) to try and get it to "shake" up and down. If you get movement, ball joints need to be replaced. Put your hands on 9 and 3 and do the same thing. If you get more movement and the steering wheel isn't moving much, tie rod ends need to be replaced.

Originally Posted by Cutless009

Seriously though, thanks for the thoughts guys. I recently lost all of my tools in a family spat, so I don't even have a jack to lift her up with at the moment. I'll test this out as soon as I can get some access to my tools back.