4x4 banging
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Thanks for your thoughtful and constructive input.
Last edited by Shol'va; Aug 24, 2012 at 08:41 PM.
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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.
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.
Last edited by Shol'va; Aug 24, 2012 at 09:00 PM.
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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.
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.
