Should it feel like the front end is binding when you shift in to 4 wheel drive and try to make a turn? I mean I give the wheel a full turn and the truck needs alot of gas to move.

 

yes when in four wheel drive and turning on a hard dry surface it will draw power cause you are dragging your inside tires becuase they move at different speeds. try turning on a slippery surface like mud or snow it should not bind

 

I guess that does make sense. I thought it was a new problem the only time i have ever used the 4 wheel drive was in the mud but I havent been out in a while and wated to stir up the lube in the front dif. so i drove to the ftore in 4 hi turned in and thought I screwed something up.

 

ya but your not supposed to use it on dry pavement

especialy 4l or 4x4 low

and there is a certain speed limit that they dont want you going over

 

i think these trucks the way that they are designed in the front since there isnt any hubs the front always turns so you wont have to turn it on to circulate the lube

 

Very Very true, but there are still parts that need (exercised) once and a while. It makes good sense to put 'er in 4 wheel a few times a year, just to get the rust off parts that sit.

That being said, never put into 4 wheel drive on dry pavement. You could break something. High speed wet pavement ok. But high speed being 50 mph.
Snow floor or ice floor yes, but any idiot that drives over 50 mph on a ice floor deserves wreaking their vehicle. 4X4 at 50 MPH takes longer to stop than any 4X2 at the same speed. I have seen many a 4X4 way out in the sticker bushes of the highway in Idaho with snowfloor. They drive too fast, lose control, and end up out in the stickers. I usuallly stop and they say "can you pull me out". HahahaHHaaaa. So I give 'em a ride to the nearest town.
Dumb, dumb, dumb people. Ha ha ha haaaaaaaaaaa.

Rick

 

when i drive mine on dry pavment over 35 or 40 mph in 4 wheel drive i get a lot of noise like a bad tire or offroad tires on the highway but only in 4 wheel drive any ones truck do this

 

How the heck can you justify that statement? What, do all four brakes only work on 2wd trucks? In 4H, on slippery surfaces, you can drive as fast as you would in 2wd (as far as the truck is mechanically concerned anyway). I've been driving on roads (Highways) where you never see actual pavement for 4 months out of the year (ive been driving here, for 14 years, averaging 45K miles per year).... run studded tires, and leave it in 4wd all winter. I personally laugh at all the idiots who leave it in two wheel drive, only to have the tailgate pass them up on the road at 65. If you know what you're doing, it is perfectly safe to drive at (near) highway speeds on slippery roads, you just have to be more vigilant, allow extra time for slowing (regardless of 2wd or 4wd), stay off the pedal in the turns, properly equip your truck with the right tires, and equally distribute weight on the axles.

BTW, the locking in of 4wd in our trucks takes place in the transfer case, not at the hubs, so the front end does not always have power.

 

no on my truck i have a floor shifter and mine does not engage in the trans case mine does in on the front dif if you look at ti there is a moter on there

 

That little motor (actally an electromagnetiv clutch) is to allow the front driveshaft to come up to vehicle speed before engagement in the t-case (mechanical shift on the fly). Go pick up a Haynes manual and read all about it. (Section 7C)

 

Whenever it rains I use my 4HI. Shifting in below 45 and driving however fast I want to drive (safely)

 

I think the motor on the front of your truck is the vaccum actuator, the shifter on floor locks in your transfer case to rotate the drive line going to your front axle. The act. locks in the axles.