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Old Jun 11, 2012 | 08:19 PM
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This may be a stupid question but I'm getting conflicting answers,

What is the correct way to shift into 4WD?
One person is telling me with the jeep stopped in N, another tells me moving???
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Old Jun 11, 2012 | 08:21 PM
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It's a '90 Cherokee laredo 6IL
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Old Jun 11, 2012 | 08:29 PM
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I was told stopped... but i could be wrong i've only driven wheeling once..
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Old Jun 11, 2012 | 09:21 PM
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Shifting into 4 high range can be done while driving at any reasonable speed. I just take my foot off the gas while rolling and pop it into 4x4. I once shifted into 4x4 going up a steep hill, with my foot on the gas pretty heavily and it made some terrible sounds but it still shifted in lol. To shift into 4 low range you should be in neutral rolling at a speed of no greater than 5 mph.
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Old Jun 11, 2012 | 10:50 PM
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At any legal speed, let off the gas, make your shift, tap gas and let off, then tap again. To go from 4H to 2H do the same.
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Old Jun 12, 2012 | 02:13 AM
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Awesome, thanks a lot guys. Hopefully I can try it out this weekend
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Old Jun 12, 2012 | 03:40 AM
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Originally Posted by cruiser54
At any legal speed, let off the gas, make your shift, tap gas and let off, then tap again. To go from 4H to 2H do the same.
That's how I do it. Also works at speeds that are not legal.
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Old Jun 12, 2012 | 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Radi
That's how I do it. Also works at speeds that are not legal.
Correct. I did some of my own testing and proved that when I was at the dealership, with the factory service rep in the new Jeep!!
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