I just bought a 2007 1500 dodge ram quad cab hemi 4x4, and when I make sharp turns on dry pavement while the 4x4 is engaged the truck wants to come to a stop and the steering wheel is fighting to go straight again is this normal? thanks

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It is normal if you have the limited slip posi rears in it.

 

Withalmost any 4x4... You need a tire to slip... on dry pavement the tires don't slip... if your're goin straight no problem.. but when you turn your inside tires need to slow down and alloww the outside to go faster... and having a Limited slip or a locker makes no difference... and if you keep using your 4x4 system on dry pavment.. your gonna break somtin....

 

Yea 07 Ramhit it dead on. Definately don't use your 4x4 on dry pavement. Im not even going to say anymore cuz he summed everything up so perfectly.

 

I was taught to NEVER run a 4x4 on dry pavement. Stop doing it and it will fix your problem. Red

 

That's exactly what happens on dry pavement. I remember back in the 80's & 90's, when all the 4x4 makers put that yellow, orange and whitesticker on the visor that said something like "Do not engage 4 wheel drive on dry pavement, drivetrain damage may result", thinking, "what a waste, everybody knows that".
I'm proven wrong once again...

 

Shame on you... When you get home... make sure ya momma slaps yer butt... hehe

 

Ouch, thanks for the reply I am now with the program, no 4x4 on dry pavement. I was driving a jeep laredo before that and it had no problems 4x4daily driving dry pavement or not. New to the truck world forgive me. Plus I was hemmett driver in the army and stayed in 8x8 in Iraq so I am just used to all wheels pulling at all times. Never know when you got to run something over or push through it. Thanks guys,

 

Your Jeep was probably a Quadra-trac or Quadra-drive or whatever they call it now. You leave it in what you think is 4 wheel drive, but it's not. You are in 2 wheel drive, and there are sensors that detect if a wheel is starting to lose traction, and then the computer sends power to the wheel(s) with traction to get you through, then it's back in 2 wheel drive again. That is why you could leave it that way on dry pavement. The system works quite well, I've had 3 Grand Cherokees (when I was married, we got a new one every 3 years for the wife) and the last two were this type system and I was quite impressed. They never saw much real off road use, but performed quite well on the slippery boat ramps (often clay) and the annual x-mas trips up north in the snow.

 

Thanks for the info hammer, I have a better understandingof the systems in jeeps and trucks. Thank god I didn't go to the dealer with this question, saved me some embarressment. " some " but not all. lol