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Old 08-24-2012, 05:50 PM
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2012 4x4 banging while in 4x4. This is happening while low speed cruising in 4x4. It feels and sounds like its coming from the frontend. Anyone else have this problem?
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Are you offroad when you hear the noise ? 4h or 4L ? Or are you just "trying" out the 4wd on pavement which you should not do.
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Originally Posted by steelhauler
Are you offroad when you hear the noise ? 4h or 4L ? Or are you just "trying" out the 4wd on pavement which you should not do.
This is happening driving on pavement in a straight line while in 4h.
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Obviously you'll have problems in 4h on pavement. You should buy a prius if you don't know how to use your truck
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Originally Posted by ftrucktough
Obviously you'll have problems in 4h on pavement. You should buy a prius if you don't know how to use your truck
I have driven plenty of times with my old 4x4 on pavement, sometimes knowingly. Never had this issue, only issue was once I had "winding" of the gears the time I forgot about being in 4x4.

Thanks for your thoughtful and constructive input.

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Winding of the gears? Explain that one Einstein
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Originally Posted by ftrucktough
Winding of the gears? Explain that one Einstein
Since with the 4x4 everything is more or less locked together, on dry pavement your tires won't slip. I think most of us with 4x4 know this much. That is why your not supposed to use it on dry pavement. But short distances in a straight line should not have any issues.

The "winding" of the tranfer case is when you leave it in 4x4 too long on dry pavement and the stresses build up in your drive train and can not relieve themselves since your tires are not allowed to slip. The time I forgot to disengage it I had probably gone 10-20 miles on dry pavement. I noticed I seemed to be slowing down and when I gave it gas I could not accelerate, like my truck was being held back. I realized I was in 4x4 and disengaged it. No more problems. Ended up researching later and found this out. Not sure where I found the term "winding". Had I not disengaged it, I probably would have sheared some teeth off or broken something else.

Maybe the op did it enough to break something that is causing the banging? I do not think forgetting to disengage a few times would cause any major problems unless your just beating on it.

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Originally Posted by Shol'va
Since with the 4x4 everything is more or less locked together, on dry pavement your tires won't slip. I think most of us with 4x4 know this much. That is why your not supposed to use it on dry pavement. But short distances in a straight line should not have any issues.

The "winding" of the tranfer case is when you leave it in 4x4 too long on dry pavement and the stresses build up in your drive train and can not relieve themselves since your tires are not allowed to slip. The time I forgot to disengage it I had probably gone 10-20 miles on dry pavement. I noticed I seemed to be slowing down and when I gave it gas I could not accelerate, like my truck was being held back. I realized I was in 4x4 and disengaged it. No more problems. Ended up researching later and found this out. Not sure where I found the term "winding". Had I not disengaged it, I probably would have sheared some teeth off or broken something else.

Maybe the op did it enough to break something that is causing the banging? I do not think forgetting to disengage a few times would cause any major problems unless your just beating on it.
That's called binding...
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Originally Posted by jcain

That's called binding...
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Originally Posted by jcain
That's called binding...
Yes, so far doing a search on this topic again I have come up with winding, binding and wind-up.


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