Possible damage without shifting to neutral before putting into 4L?

[Arterius2]

Like the title said, what are the possible damage that could be caused without putting my transmission to N before shifting to 4L.

I had someone drive my Jeep yesterday on the trails and they forgot to put it into Neutral before shifting to 4L and there was a big jerk and some grinding noises.

Anything I should be worried about? Thanks.

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[Rodeoflyer]

I have a manual trans in the Jeep and always throw into neutral before doing anything with the transfer case. However, with the 2.73:1 case in the truck I can toss it into 4hi w/o neutral.

It has a lot to do with the transfer case. You should always go to neutral first or stop moving for 4lo.

 

[oceanblue2019]

Like the title said, what are the possible damage that could be caused without putting my transmission to N before shifting to 4L.

I had someone drive my Jeep yesterday on the trails and they forgot to put it into Neutral before shifting to 4L and there was a big jerk and some grinding noises.

Anything I should be worried about? Thanks.

If you are paranoid you could drain transfer case fluid and look for metal. But it's likely a non-issue if just once.

Mine needs to be in neutral and rolling a little to go into 4L.

 

[Arterius2]

If you are paranoid you could drain transfer case fluid and look for metal. But it's likely a non-issue if just once.

Mine needs to be in neutral and rolling a little to go into 4L.

Mine goes into 4L stopped in neutral just fine without needing to roll slowly though, but I should probably stop doing that.

 

[Windshieldfarmer]

On my JK I had that happen a couple of times. No damage apparent during the five years I owned it...I believe the JL has the same transfer case...

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