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Old 08-15-2012, 08:27 PM
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hey guys. so this is my first jeep, im doin pretty good in my opinion with the build. i conveted the jeep to 4wd since winters get pretty bad where i live. lol. today i tried the 4 wheel for the first time. i started drivin in 2H, then i went to shift into 4H, no problem there. it went into gear and it felt like i had more pulling power (im jus driving in my field) so then i go to go in 4L and it went into N then wouldnt go into 4L. it felt like the lever had too much tension. now ik u can adjust this but i tried it again jus for ****s n giggles and this time it went into N bt when i tried 4l it made a grindin noise. so then i went to go back into 4h and it grinded again. so i put the transmission into N and then put the tcase into 4h and then 2h and then went back into drive. did this again and same thing. now i read online ( i googled how to drive 4wd to try and avoid asking lol) tht 2H andd 4H u can shift into moving at no more than 55 mph. my speedometerdoest work at the moment but ik i could have only been goin 20 max. and then to go into 4L u wanna be goin no more than 5 mph max. some of u guys are seasoned 4WDers so could i gert a better idea of what to do please? lol thanks :]
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stop, put the transmission in netural, then shift the transfer case into netural, then you put the transfer case into 4low....thats the only way to do it
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What BW said. 4H can be done on the fly. But to engage the reduction for 4L, he transmission and transfer case have to be stopped completely with no load.
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thanks guys!!
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