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Jimny in the snow and ice.
08 Dec 2024 13:34 #258652
by facade
Having permanently locked hubs is kinder to the transfer synchro too, as it doesn't have to accelerate the propshaft and axle from standstill upto road speed.
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
Replied by facade on topic Jimny in the snow and ice.
You absolutely can, as long as there is no speed difference between front & rear axles. You can do it with the vacuum hubs too, they just click in when the axle is rotating.When we had snow , the other week , I locked my wheels into 4wd ( hubs) and went in and out of 2wd, 4wd on the straight roads , between roundabaouts, no issues at all
Having permanently locked hubs is kinder to the transfer synchro too, as it doesn't have to accelerate the propshaft and axle from standstill upto road speed.
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
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08 Dec 2024 13:43 #258653
by facade
The axles were stronger and the bar tread tyres much slipper though, so a few hundred road miles in 4WD wouldn't hurt!
For all its other faults (and amazingly worse build quality than LandRover) at least the Jeep Jeep had 2WD-4WDH-4WDL on the transfer lever.
(*You could pull it back into neutral when going along but you needed to be an expert at matching engine speed to road speed to get it to push forward into drive again....)
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
Replied by facade on topic Jimny in the snow and ice.
That was the problem with Series LandRovers, you could engage the front axle by pressing the yellow knob down, but to get it back into 2WD you had to stop and pull the red lever back into neutral*.Yes you can engage 4x4 at speed but there is no need in my opinion as I sad earlier. To unselect 4x4 is more useful.
The axles were stronger and the bar tread tyres much slipper though, so a few hundred road miles in 4WD wouldn't hurt!
For all its other faults (and amazingly worse build quality than LandRover) at least the Jeep Jeep had 2WD-4WDH-4WDL on the transfer lever.
(*You could pull it back into neutral when going along but you needed to be an expert at matching engine speed to road speed to get it to push forward into drive again....)
If it suddenly breaks, go back to the last thing that you did before it broke and start looking there
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