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Jumped out of 4L - My stupidity... What could be damaged?

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14 Nov 2020 07:02 #229996 by Groenewald
Yesterday I tested the low range for the first time on a sandy newly scraped dirt road....

I did not pull the transfer lever all the way back into 4L where it needs to be to fully engage.

I took off REALLY slowly, and the lever jumped out into 4H.

What could this have buggered up?

I tested it afterwards a couple of times and everything was fine.....

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14 Nov 2020 09:43 #230002 by Roger Fairclough
When people try low range for the first time, it's normal to be surprised as to how slowly things happen. We still have this notion that you do this and that happens but suddenly you feel that you need to change to second gear that much sooner.
If there are no horrible sounds or vibrations then the chances are you didn't cause any damage. It's normal for the change lever to be a little stiff when new just as the main gear lever will loosen up as the mileage grows.

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14 Nov 2020 10:27 #230008 by Lambert
Jumping out of gear while not ideal is a lot less abusive than doing any kind of manoeuvres on a high grip surface it either 4x4 range. Jimny is not to be abused but equally is quite tough, so I wouldn't get too worried especially if everything is currently working properly.

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14 Nov 2020 13:12 #230022 by Groenewald
Lambert, glad to hear that!

I tend to be a bit paranoid about stuff I have not yet taken apart...

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13 Sep 2021 17:22 #238564 by Dan
Mine jumped out of 4L today.

Driving from muddy grass onto a track.

It did give me a bit of a surprise!

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13 Sep 2021 17:47 #238568 by lightning
lt the transmission works fine afterwards then it's nothing to worry about.
lf you did it every day, the transmission would likely be damaged, a bit like me accidentally trying to select reverse before my Land Rover had stopped moving forward.
The noise wasn't something you'd want to hear too often, but it was fine afterwards

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13 Sep 2021 22:18 #238583 by Busta
The older manual transfer boxes are very resilient. You won't have hurt anything. With practice it's possible to switch from low to high on the move, which is essentially the same as it jumping out of low. I've been doing that for years with no issues at all. That's on early gen3s, presumably it's the same deal for the gen4.

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