Looking @ the manual and thought i share
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whippersnapper02
Negative Nancy
Yep. Find a straight road and pop it in if you can't go wheeling. Don't turn and you will have minimal driveline binding. It think it is mostly to exercise the actuators since the front diff and t case still spin internally.
OffroadTaco4x4
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How long does it take your truck to go from 4x4 back to rear wheel? It seems like mine takes a while and usually I get impatient and **** it do drive and roll forward a little and I pops back.
whippersnapper02
Negative Nancy
Usually 2 seconds. Shift while moving with the wheels pointing straight and release the throttle to relieve the engine torque in the drivetrain.
OffroadTaco4x4
Well-Known Member
So while moving shift, should I be in neutral or drive or does it matter?
whippersnapper02
Negative Nancy
Doesn't matter what gear when going into high. You have to stop for low range.
HellaNella420
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No kidding, I never knew that.
whippersnapper02
Negative Nancy
The truck won't let you do anything it doesn't like. If you shift wrong it just won't do it and it will scream at you. But any gear for high and neutral + stopped or moving under 3mph for low.
I have had good luck with shifting into high while moving and letting off the throttle and shifting from high into low while stopped. Shifting into low from 2wd usually doesn't work for me even if I'm stopped and in neutral. Oh and make sure you are in low before you select a gear or else you get a nice grinding sound. I did it once by accident and my heart dropped.
I have had good luck with shifting into high while moving and letting off the throttle and shifting from high into low while stopped. Shifting into low from 2wd usually doesn't work for me even if I'm stopped and in neutral. Oh and make sure you are in low before you select a gear or else you get a nice grinding sound. I did it once by accident and my heart dropped.
OffroadTaco4x4
Well-Known Member
My truck does the same, but when it's in park, if I'm waiting for it to go back to 2wd and I go into drive and move about 10 feet it will pop back into 2wd.
whippersnapper02
Negative Nancy
Shift into 2wd while moving. Let off the throttle as well. No issues here.
OffroadTaco4x4
Well-Known Member
Yeah that's what I'll start doing when shifting into and out of 4wd from now on when I get the truck back, thanks for the tip
whippersnapper02
Negative Nancy
I should take video of these things. I have a perfectly good GoPro sitting in a box. Haha.
No issues with mine, but I have a clutch so push it in when going into 4hi. Pops right in.
Dead stop for 4lo.
Pops right back out when going back to 4hi then 2wd at a dead stop.
And yep I give her 4 hi every month for about 10 miles on the highway since it's a straight shot of 18 miles to work, no curves.
I kick her in 4lo once a month to drive up in the back yard. I have a gravel driveway back there that's uphill.
Dead stop for 4lo.
Pops right back out when going back to 4hi then 2wd at a dead stop.
And yep I give her 4 hi every month for about 10 miles on the highway since it's a straight shot of 18 miles to work, no curves.
I kick her in 4lo once a month to drive up in the back yard. I have a gravel driveway back there that's uphill.