Using your 4x4 for the first time

[Bobby Hank]

How bad would the damage be?

Every time you turn on a surface tires grip, you have potential to do some damage. 4WD forces the wheels to roll the same speed. In a turn, they normally don’t. Off road, with less grip (dirt, mud, gravel) this allows the tire to spin easily. The more you do it, the more damage will occur. Driving on road in 4WD low much worse.

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[JaneSantosWilly]

We need bodybuilding pictures!

I DONT LOOK LIKE THAT ANYMORE that’s why I might be struggling to move the stick on my Willy ?

 

[Shibadog]

Simply put the transfer case isn't synchronized like the transmission is. So when you're sitting still it is way harder to shift into four-wheel drive than it is if you're moving. I found that moving just a couple of miles an hour makes it slip right in. Same deal with four low you don't actually want to be sitting still to shift into four low you want to be moving one to three miles an hour and it'll go right in. It gets easier the more times you do it.

This. For a while every time you leave home and start going forward (in a straight lane) pull theTC back to 4H and when it engages, push it back to 2H. It won’t take long until it will shift smoothly

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