Is that normal when I engage 4X4 that...
This is my first vehicle with 4X4 manual engagement. I only had automatic as request 4X4.
If I engage either 4X4 high or low and then turn my steering fully CW or CCW and then move forward or reverse, it look like the brake are partially engage. I feel I need to push more on the gas pedal to have the truck move, it move like if the differential is lock, and when I release the gas I feel the brake reapply, the truck stop within a feet or 2. If my steering is straight I don't feel that. |
Originally Posted by windman
(Post 5550290)
This is my first vehicle with 4X4 manual engagement. I only had automatic as request 4X4.
If I engage either 4X4 high or low and then turn my steering fully CW or CCW and then move forward or reverse, it look like the brake are partially engage. I feel I need to push more on the gas pedal to have the truck move, it move like if the differential is lock, and when I release the gas I feel the brake reapply, the truck stop within a feet or 2. If my steering is straight I don't feel that. |
Normal Yes wise practice no unless you are on slippery surface.
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You may want to read this before you use the 4x4 system on pavement:
http://www.4x4abc.com/4WD101/def_turnpart.html |
Originally Posted by dalola
(Post 5550294)
Yes, normal behavior for "true" 4x4. Reference your owners manual for a full explanation. Basically, you only want to use 4x4 on a loose/slippery surface where the front tires can easily scrub, especially when turning.
And in winter when you have mix surface of asphalt and snow/ice, like on a road but is is not actually snowing but that you could suddenly have your wheels on slippery surface but not 100% of the time, can I engage it ? |
Sorry if it’s in your signature (on mobile can’t see it), but what trim do you have?
In my experience, on mixed surfaces, I will engage 4 hi if I’m at a stop light or some other low speed or stopped point. Once I get going I will switch back to 2 hi. At traveling speed, 4x4 is not going to help you very much and I have found I’m better off driving for the conditions in 2 wheel drive than feeling or hearing the binding. It’s the getting up a hill or starting from a stop that are tricky, and that’s where I use 4x4. For XL/XLT trims it’s more work doing manually, but that’s the price we pay for not having 4A. I’ll add, a true 4x4 (4H or 4L) don’t work well as insurance as AWD or 4A would, they are better at being used only when required. |
Originally Posted by KG7BTU
(Post 5550304)
Sorry if it €™s in your signature (on mobile can €™t see it), but what trim do you have?
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Originally Posted by KG7BTU
(Post 5550304)
Sorry if it €™s in your signature (on mobile can €™t see it), but what trim do you have?
In my experience, on mixed surfaces, I will engage 4 hi if I €™m at a stop light or some other low speed or stopped point. Once I get going I will switch back to 2 hi. At traveling speed, 4x4 is not going to help you very much and I have found I €™m better off driving for the conditions in 2 wheel drive than feeling or hearing the binding. It €™s the getting up a hill or starting from a stop that are tricky, and that €™s where I use 4x4. For XL/XLT trims it €™s more work doing manually, but that €™s the price we pay for not having 4A. I €™ll add, a true 4x4 (4H or 4L) don €™t work well as insurance as AWD or 4A would, they are better at being used only when required. |
Thanks, just wanted to confirm that you do not have the 4A mode. I would avoid using 4x4 in the rain, unless you are trying to launch from a stop in a straight line. At high torque it is slippery, but not slippery enough to release the binding that happens when you take a corner.
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Originally Posted by windman
Ok so in a snow storm is it ok the leave it 100% of the time?
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