Tight steering in 4-WD

[K9WG]

I have noticed when I am in 4H that the front wheels seem to "drag" in a tight turn. I noticed this when pulling into a parking spot and backing into the garage. Is this normal?

Thanks

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[Terrymo]

From the owners manual

2H Two-Wheel Drive High Range — This range is for normal street and highway driving on dry, hard surfaced roads.

4H Four-Wheel Drive High Range — This range maximizes torque to the front driveshaft, forcing the front and rear wheels to rotate at the same speed. This range provides additional traction for loose, slippery road surfaces only.

 

[Old Dogger]

Yes........

 

[K9WG]

Thanks! Both times I was driving on snow/ice (we have had quite a bit this year).

 

[zouch]

yes.
4Hi locks the front and rear axles together so they spin at the same rate. turning causes them to travel different distances, so something is going to bind until something slips (or breaks).
recommendation would be to pop it back into 2Hi before sharp turning.

couldn’t see your vehicle details since you have your profile blocked (which i find amusing for a guy who uses his Call as his ID here).

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I have noticed when I am in 4H that the front wheels seem to "drag" in a tight turn. I noticed this when pulling into a parking spot and backing into the garage. Is this normal?

Thanks

 

[wrang_stang]

From the owners manual

2H Two-Wheel Drive High Range — This range is for normal street and highway driving on dry, hard surfaced roads.

4H Four-Wheel Drive High Range — This range maximizes torque to the front driveshaft, forcing the front and rear wheels to rotate at the same speed. This range provides additional traction for loose, slippery road surfaces only.

I left my jeep at an audio shop and they accidentally kicked it into 4H (partly because of the stupid design of the shifter). How bad is it if they took it around the block once or twice. Is there permanent damage?

 

[Zandcwhite]

I left my jeep at an audio shop and they accidentally kicked it into 4H (partly because of the stupid design of the shifter). How bad is it if they took it around the block once or twice. Is there permanent damage?

Short of getting enough traction to actually snap a driveshaft or the chain in the transfer case it won't cause any damage. Even that is highly unlikely, but you'd know the second it happened. Think about wheeling somewhere with high traction like moab. Your transfer case doesn't explode if you have to make a tight turn and in that application you're aired down and in 4LO putting way more force into the 4wd components. It's not nearly as big of a deal as some make it out to be.

 

[zouch]

if it had caused a problem, you would know already.

I left my jeep at an audio shop and they accidentally kicked it into 4H (partly because of the stupid design of the shifter). How bad is it if they took it around the block once or twice. Is there permanent damage?

 

[Bandit59]

I have noticed when I am in 4H that the front wheels seem to "drag" in a tight turn. I noticed this when pulling into a parking spot and backing into the garage. Is this normal?

Thanks

Yes 2wheel drive will drive normal

 

[Rick4570]

Mine binds up even in loose snow in 4 hi if I make a full tight turn. I accidentally left mine in 4 hi once and drove up a twisty mountain for 3.5 miles. No damage at all.

 

[Bandit59]

Mine binds up even in loose snow in 4 hi if I make a full tight turn. I accidentally left mine in 4 hi once and drove up a twisty mountain for 3.5 miles. No damage at all.

I have a Jeep pavement Queen. But I own 2 Ram trucks 4wd what you say completely normal

 

[6.2Blazer]

As mentioned above, this is quite normal. In a slow tight turn will probably notice some level of binding, hopping, etc... even if on snow or ice. It's unlikely you are going to cause any damage or break something under normal driving conditions, even if you make a full lock slow turn on dry pavement while in 4wd. Not saying you should do that for no reason, just that many people freak out over it and thing something will explode. Just think about all the stress on the system when rock crawling and throttling up rutted out dirt hills. If doing a low speed, light throttle turn in the parking lot on dry pavement is going to cause something to break, then the vehicle would explode into a million pieces the first time you went on any off-road trails that was remotely difficult.

 

[cj7ox]

Normal. When in 4wd, you’ll experience “under steer” as the front drive train continues to want to pull you forward. It’ll feel like you are pushing through a turn, as opposed to cutting nimbly around.

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