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I know it sounds queer I am asking this...but when I bought my truck it didn't come up with an instructional manual. Anyways, when I am changing the different gears in the front differential, should I put the truck in neutral or in park. A few times when I was changing the floor shifter to various positions, it would make a very loud grinding noise because I had it in Park. Am I safe to play with the floor shifter if the transmission is in Neutral??
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look over the passenger side sun visor for an instruction sheet on 4wd shifting.
muddy has it right... 2 hi <---> 4 hi is ok on the move, even up to 50 mph (although i'd never do that)
however, 2 hi <---> 4 low should be in neutral barely moving, or stopped in park.
its always ok to stop shift trans to park or neutral before shifting t-case.
when coming out of 4wd, i think its always a good idea to stop, shift trans to reverse, back up a few feet, and then shift back to drive. this helps the cad disconnect. when not doing this, i have had the 4wd light go out, but i could feel that it was still in 4wd due to the front tires binding in a turn.
when shifting from 2 hi to 4 low, you have the long throw forward. do not pause in neutral, or you'll get stuck there and t-case will grind. just shift it in one long HARD throw, all the way. i you do get it stuck out of gear, just turn off ignition, finish the shift, and start it back up. not very cool - but thats what you have to do.
don't drive on hard, dry surfaces while in 4wd. the front/rear binding needs to be able to slip the tires. dirt, gravel, mud, sand all ok. pavement not ok.
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do ya think id be safe though, no matter what, to be in neutral when putting it into 4L,N,2H, or 4H?
yea, thats how i do it. just to be safe. the only time i do it on the move is when im goin through a mud hole in 2wd then start it feelin to bog down, then ill throw it into four. but usually i just come to a stop, no point in risking it if you dont have to.
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I put it in and out of 4 hi moving all the time, escpecially in the winter. I've done it as fast as 40 mph, but I usually try to do it under 20. With 4 lo, I usually have to come to a stop, put it into reverse, then into neutral before I can get it into 4 low. If I don't back up that little bit, it sometimes won't go in.
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I have one thing to add. While I agree it is okay to switch into from 2 hi to 4 hi while moving, or in park or nuetral, I suggest you only shift into 4 low with the transmission in nuetral. I've had it start grinding when I try to switch it with the transmission in park. Neutral and parked is the way to go when switching in and out of 4 low.
when shifting from 2 hi to 4 low, you have the long throw forward. do not pause in neutral, or you'll get stuck there and t-case will grind. just shift it in one long HARD throw, all the way. i you do get it stuck out of gear, just turn off ignition, finish the shift, and start it back up. not very cool - but thats what you have to do.
lmao i feel so UNCOOL doing that for real around people.
i try and make up a technical term when i have a girl in the truck and she asks Why did u have to do that?
i have said things such as....
Well you see, the syncronizers in the transfer case in this year truck dont operate correctly on a Low to High gear ratio shift, causing a lot of slippage into final drive and affects my crawl ratio....
blabbing i kno but it works pretty good lmao
haha
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when shifting into 4 low, get rolling about 5mph and shift tranny into neutral. then in one motion put the truck into 4 low without stopping in neutral.
How to put it in 4 wheel drive..
lmao
