Just bought a '04 2500 Heavy Duty with automatic transmission, quad cab and long box. 38,000 miles. Love the CTD!! 4WD seems smooth when going straight but there is a definite jerky feeling in the front end when turning, enough to skuff the tires on dry pavement. Any ideas where to start looking?

 

The front is essentially locked together. It will do that on pavement. Both tires are trying to go the same speed, one has to slip. It's all perfectly normal.

 

all 4x4s will do that on pavement. it woudl be wise not to do that because it can damage things when you use 4x4 on pavement and try to turn because the pavement isn't allowing the front to slip at all and can casue binding. you should ride in my wrangler when it's in 4x4 and i make a turn even on dirt. it hops like almight hell lol.

 

Got spools?

 

lol i couldn't imagine it if it did. it's open diffs right now. the rear axle in mine is the wimpy dana 35 if i put a locker in that hting it'd break a shaft in no time.

 

I go out wheelin with a few guys, they got spools in the rear and lockers in the front on the jeeps. Talk about a fun ride getting to the wheelin spot though.

 

i'll bet. I'm thinking of lookin for a set of axles from the rubicon models. which have arb air lockers in them which are selectable that way i get the best of both worlds. but that's after i get a CTD.

 

Yeah I went the other route, ctd first then a jeep. Causing me to miss a few trips though[:@]but it was worth it

 

I have the stock dana 35 and dana 30 in my 91 YJ with ARB lockers. No problems after 9 years. I only run 31" tires with 4.10 gears though, so I just crawl over/through the obstacles. IMHO, if you want to run larger than 32" tires you'll need the dana 44, but otherwise it's all in the driving technique.

 

driving technique does have a lot if not all to do with it. I dunno if i'll be keeping it or not i mean a CTD is not a cheap vehicle but when i was 16 i didn't even know much about dodge trucks or about diesels. so i got a jeep. it's in great condition so i figure i can get a good trade in on it. not to mention it's the last of the tj's. what do you guys think of that new JK model. i'm not to srue what to think yet.