Hello everyone. I'm new to the site, and it looks like it's going to be a good forum to be a member in.

Quick question... I'm going to look at a 98 Cherokee (Sport), and was wondering the best/easiest way to test 4x4? Dealer told me he has a hill in the back, and takes the vehicles up as far as he can, and once he starts getting stuck or sliding backward, he puts into 4x4, and he made it the rest of the way up. (small used dealership)

I was under the impression that if you lift one side of the vehicle (driver or passenger), that as long as the 4x4 is engaged, you can spin the back tire by hand, and the front will spin with it??? I may have this completely wrong. I would check the theory on my '90... if the 4x4 worked. Since i know my 90 doesn't work, doesn't help me much.

Anyone that can help me out, it would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance for the info.

 

just realized i posted in wrong area. Sorry to all the moderators out there.

 

AAAAAAA no , use the hill.

 

It'd be nice to do, but not sure dealer will let me dirty up the jeep after he cleaned it and put it on lot. Think it'd be unreasonable to ask him to do it and sit in passenger? Still might get pretty dirty depending what his hill looks like.

Thanks for quick reply.

 

You could just ask him to put it in 4 high and just have him goose the go peddle enough to spin it a bit while you watch the jeep from outside of it.

 

Good option. Thank you.

 

Anytime

 

at the shop im at.. when we do PDI's to test the 4X4, most of the time we keep it in 2wd go from N to drive to feel how it shifts.. then put it in 4 low and do the same thing.. you will feel the differints.. newer jeeps are kinda hard.. but you will know in the XJ

 

Oh yeah! youll know, its pretty easy to feel, itll make the jeep dance around a bit.