rollingaddicton412

one of the guys at school wants to turn his 4wd into a 2wd. he says that he never use the 4wd and wants to know if it is a simple as removing the front driveline. what else would he have to do? he says hes trying to improve his gas mileage and wants to know if it would help? in help is greatly appperciated.

cherokee outlaw

He cant leave the Tcase in 2H??? Seems like a waste to down grade, IMO...

DirtRoadXJ

yes. remove front drive shaft. and if hes lookin for better mileage better get rid of front axle and transfer case and just sell em.

xjheep92

tell him to leave that Jeep alone sell it someone who deserves it and buy a Honda Civic lol

rollingaddicton412

i told him to just sale it and get a car but he says that he likes the jeep he just wants a 2wd. it seems like a waste of a perfectly good jeep to me too. he just wanted to know what all he could remove and make sure nothing was going to leak if he removed some stuff.

XJ-92

just remove the front driveshaft. that what i do for everyday driving and in the winter time and when i go wheeling is when i put it back in.

DieselD

From what I've read pulling the front shaft is a pretty marginal improvement at best.

What is his mpg? Does he even know? I mean, there's a lot of improvements that can be made to help mileage, tune up cai, exhaust, injecctors, etc.

If mileage is a concern, he might as well get a small 4 banger car. An XJ ain't no prius.

Also, driving habbits have a lot to do with mileage. Maybe he's got a heavy foot?

Lowrange2

To swap to 2wd you'll need to:

Swap in a Stock 2wd beam in place of the Dana 30 axle.
Remove drive Shaft.
Remove T-case.
Remove 4wd transmission
Install 2wd transmission
Install 2wd shaft
Swap shifter trim to stupid little cubby pocket.

IMO, this is the dumbest thing I've read all day.

They make 2wd Cherokee's every day.

Your "friend" isn't going to get any better mileage than he did with 4wd equipment.

If you want to accomplish the same thing you can spend 900 bucks and buy manual locking hubs to go on the front.

DieselD

I think they stopped around 2001...

V8XJDavid

He'll save a few lbs but that's about it. Marginal gains at best and certainly not worth the effort. Sell the 4x4 and buy a 2WD.
Better yet, since this person clearly has more $ than sense, he should give his Jeep to me and I'll give him my 2WD Ranger with a V-8 in it.

xj_maniac_newb

Light it on fire and roll it down a hill. Ash is lighter than steel.

DieselD

Which weighs more 100lbs of ash or 100lbs of steel?

I'm not sure.

xj_maniac_newb

Depends how strong the wind is blowing that day.

DieselD

Assume they're both in trash bags, force flex... lol

xj_maniac_newb

Is this on the moon or on earth? And has the tide came in yet?