I have a 99 dakota 4x4. Can i drive it in 4wd high when the roads are wet?

 

heres a good post I found in the durango section

https://dodgeforum.com/m_574544/tm.htm

 

not suggested.. if you have those crappy goodyear wrangler tires... get new ones... simple as that.. and yes that link leads to perfect information of how the 4x4 system works

 

Can you, yeah. Do you run the risk of breaking stuff? Yeah.

I'll put it in 4wd to launch off the line, but not for just driving around.

 

where is thefun in that!!!

 

I think its crazy to drive in 4x4 just because the roads are wet just because of the gas mileage you get putting it into 4high and losing that turn radius. Just keep some weight in the rear end and you shouldn't have a problem. If you do, chances are you would've had a worse problem if you were in 4wheel drive all all tires were spinning instead of just the rear.

 

Is there actually a mileage difference between 2wd and 4-high mileage wise? I know on vehicles with front drivetrain that disengages that there's a difference, but nothing stops spinning on these. Adding weight will decrease mileagefor sure.

The turning radius does suffer though.

 

hey guys, i have a 99 4x4 5 sp., can i put it in 4hi to get it going in the snow and then hit the clutch and put it back in 2wd? another unrelated question i have is for how long and how much oil should be dripping into thepanwhen i turn the truck off? i can hear it drip quite a bit, should i be worried? thanks in advance

 

In answer to your question "can I drive in 4WD in the rain". The answer depends on what 4WD system your truck is fitted with. If your4WD selector has a 2WD possition then youmust notuse 4WD on the road at ANY time. A wet road still has more than enough grip to do serious damage to your transmition, due to the fact that the front and read axles are locked together and can't rotate at the different speeds that occur when turning corners. If you selector only has various settings of 4WD ie. 4WD, 4WD-Locked or 4WD-Low then you have the AWD option. This system has a third, Centre differential which allows the front and rear axles to rotate at different speeds, so avoiding any damage on dry or wet roads. 4WD-Locked does at it says, it lockes the centre diff and therefore must never be used on-road, just like a part-time system in 4WD. Milage wise, there won't be any differance between the two differant systems or if you select 2WD on the part-time system. This is because neither of the systems use free-wheeling hubs which disconnect the drive-shafts from the front wheels when in 2WD. As all the shafts are always rotating (weather driven directly by the engine or by the road), they cause the same amount of drag. Therefore, as you're carrying all the extra weight around with you all the time, you might as well be able to use it all of the time. That's why I've got the AWD system!

Hope this helps,

Paul

 

Is there a AWD Dakota?

Had a Jeep with Quadra (Crap) Track. Serously it was crap tore itself apart two times...