Lift or 4x4 problem?
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Lift or 4x4 problem?
Okay on some occations when it rains I put my truck into 4hi for some better traction if I'm cruising to where ever I'm going. The times that I would do this everything appeared fine the truck was running great. Now here's my problem I lifted my truck about a month ago and its been raining quite a bit over here the last few days and when I switch to 4hi to see the difference with the bigger tires, it did switch to 4x4 but as I was moving it would kinda sputter and was a bit of a problem turning into my driveway.
I wasn't sure if the 4x4 was working so I went mudding really quick to give it a test run everything seem to go great I didn't have any problems getting out. So why would the truck sputter on the street when it never did that before. Has anyone seen this type of issue before. Oh and when they installed the lift they forgot to put an extention on the 4x4 vacuum line, I dont think this could be related but am I wrong? Any help is greatly appreciated.
I wasn't sure if the 4x4 was working so I went mudding really quick to give it a test run everything seem to go great I didn't have any problems getting out. So why would the truck sputter on the street when it never did that before. Has anyone seen this type of issue before. Oh and when they installed the lift they forgot to put an extention on the 4x4 vacuum line, I dont think this could be related but am I wrong? Any help is greatly appreciated.
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if it's sputtering you're probably going to damage a hub. Do not use 4x4 unless you're offroad or in icy conditions. Even then when you make sharp turns on pavement turn it off. You have an open diff up front, not a ls.
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Originally Posted by Josiah
if it's sputtering you're probably going to damage a hub. Do not use 4x4 unless you're offroad or in icy conditions. Even then when you make sharp turns on pavement turn it off. You have an open diff up front, not a ls.
Originally Posted by carolinaboy
Sounds like a bad case of OE.
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Operator Error.
Just kiddin.
Seriously though, it sounds like your tires weren't able to slip because you were on pavement. Like Josiah said, you have an open differential up front, so the tires turn together all the time, even when turning, where the tires are trying to move at different speeds.
Running 4x4 in the rain does absolutely no good and will do a lot of damage to your truck. It won't keep you from hydroplaning, and if you're losing traction going around corners and such in the rain, you're just driving way too fast. The only time rain really affects traction is when you're trying to stop, and 4x4 ain't helping there.
Just kiddin.
Seriously though, it sounds like your tires weren't able to slip because you were on pavement. Like Josiah said, you have an open differential up front, so the tires turn together all the time, even when turning, where the tires are trying to move at different speeds.
Running 4x4 in the rain does absolutely no good and will do a lot of damage to your truck. It won't keep you from hydroplaning, and if you're losing traction going around corners and such in the rain, you're just driving way too fast. The only time rain really affects traction is when you're trying to stop, and 4x4 ain't helping there.
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Originally Posted by carolinaboy
Operator Error.
Just kiddin.
Seriously though, it sounds like your tires weren't able to slip because you were on pavement. Like Josiah said, you have an open differential up front, so the tires turn together all the time, even when turning, where the tires are trying to move at different speeds.
Running 4x4 in the rain does absolutely no good and will do a lot of damage to your truck. It won't keep you from hydroplaning, and if you're losing traction going around corners and such in the rain, you're just driving way too fast. The only time rain really affects traction is when you're trying to stop, and 4x4 ain't helping there.
Just kiddin.
Seriously though, it sounds like your tires weren't able to slip because you were on pavement. Like Josiah said, you have an open differential up front, so the tires turn together all the time, even when turning, where the tires are trying to move at different speeds.
Running 4x4 in the rain does absolutely no good and will do a lot of damage to your truck. It won't keep you from hydroplaning, and if you're losing traction going around corners and such in the rain, you're just driving way too fast. The only time rain really affects traction is when you're trying to stop, and 4x4 ain't helping there.
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Originally Posted by SAJEFFC
The solution is to NOT use 4WD on pavement...even in the rain.
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Originally Posted by SAJEFFC
Uh that is that exact opposite of what an open diff does. An open diff WILL allow the tires to go around a corner at different speeds. The reason his truck is "sputtering" is because the driveline is binding up. The front and rear diffs are "locked" together (by the transfer case) and can not turn at the different speeds needed to make a turn. Off road this isn't a problem because the tires will "slip" some and relieve the binding. On road (even in the rain) the tires can't slip enough to relieve the binding between the front and rear axle. The solution is to NOT use 4WD on pavement...even in the rain.
