4 wheel drive

[leo23]

bin off road today backed up 3ft as manual says to get out of 4x4 but didnt hear a click is all ok

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

i dont think the 'click' is loud enough to hear from the cab, but a simple test to see if it is working correctly is:

reverse onto a vergeunil the front wheels stop against the kerb, a few revs and if you are in 2 wheel the rears will spin, if they climb the kerb probaly still in 4x4, with a bit if moving back andd forth and experiments you can get to judge the feel of in and out of four wheel drive.

but as has been pointed out to me before, make sure you dont plough up a lovely neat verge in the process, find a place wher it doesnt really matter!

 

[Deleted Member S]

Hi Leo23 :smile: I check mine from time to time after using 4WD by parking on level ground leaving the handbrake off & going to the front & pushing the truck backwards & looking at the drive shaft to make sure it's not turning :roll:

 

[Deleted Member]

You don't say what you have m8,or have i missed something??lol
I don't have to reverse on mine!!! saves a lot of hassle :lol:

 

[Terranosaurus]

i dont think the 'click' is loud enough to hear from the cab, but a simple test to see if it is working correctly is:

reverse onto a vergeunil the front wheels stop against the kerb, a few revs and if you are in 2 wheel the rears will spin, if they climb the kerb probaly still in 4x4, with a bit if moving back andd forth and experiments you can get to judge the feel of in and out of four wheel drive.

but as has been pointed out to me before, make sure you dont plough up a lovely neat verge in the process, find a place wher it doesnt really matter!

Plank sorry to disagree with you, you know how I hate to but

That will only test whether you are in 4wd or not not whether the hubs have stayed engaged after you've come out of 4wd.

Sweeties method is about the only sure test but I find if I (am bothered) lower the window right down, turn stereo off and reverse up as quietly as possible I can just hear the hubs disengage.

 

[NNMan]

My old vitara would give a real klunk. The T2 makes very little noise.

 

[wildbri]

this is how I understand it please let me know if I am wrong. When in 4x4 the green light comes on, take out of 4x4 and move off the lights go out, the reversing bit is just to make sure that the free wheel hubs have disconnected,
if the hubs stay connected you are not in 4x4 but the drive shafts would still rotate and the extra friction could affect the fuel consumption........bri [/u]

 

[Terranosaurus]

thats right Bri

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

My old vitara would give a real klunk. The T2 makes very little noise.

funny but i have had loads of vitaras and not heard a clunk from any, in fact you dont have to reverse in them as far as i can remember, in a grand vitara you can change in and out up to 60mph without even dipping the clutch. I have been a passenger when someone has done this at 90 mph but it isnt advisable!

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

i dont think the 'click' is loud enough to hear from the cab, but a simple test to see if it is working correctly is:

reverse onto a vergeunil the front wheels stop against the kerb, a few revs and if you are in 2 wheel the rears will spin, if they climb the kerb probaly still in 4x4, with a bit if moving back andd forth and experiments you can get to judge the feel of in and out of four wheel drive.

but as has been pointed out to me before, make sure you dont plough up a lovely neat verge in the process, find a place wher it doesnt really matter!

Plank sorry to disagree with you, you know how I hate to but

That will only test whether you are in 4wd or not not whether the hubs have stayed engaged after you've come out of 4wd.

Sweeties method is about the only sure test but I find if I (am bothered) lower the window right down, turn stereo off and reverse up as quietly as possible I can just hear the hubs disengage.

Hb you love it realy and Imnot going to stoop to contradiction in front of a new mwmber, but my advice is good! yours is a slightly different subject i beleive, but in short, dont rely on the light on the dash!

 

[MistralMac]

Am I being silly but how do you "reverse onto a verge until the front wheels stop against the kerb" ???

 

[jace]

no acepted practice is to reverse (checkin no ones up your chuff!) about 3 foot to release the free wheeling hubbs after youve finished in 4x4 and shifted back to 2wd as 4x4 on good solid ground causes damage!

 

[johnston_evo3]

when i 1st got my mav up and runnin took it down estate front hubs hadnt disengaged properly and you could feel the front wheels tryin to rip up the tarmac on tight turns which couldnt be too good for the transfer box if done over a long distance

 

[jace]

not if you were in 2wd as transfer box wouldnt be affected if you were in 4x4 its a big no no on tarmac

 

[MistralMac]

Auto?

Does this apply to automatics also ?

MM

 

[jace]

so long as youve got auto hubs ie no need to get out and change them to lock unlock

 

[andrewk]

you could feel the front wheels tryin to rip up the tarmac on tight turns which couldnt be too good for the transfer box if done over a long distance

It isn't good for any bit of the drivechain for a part-time 4wd motor to be in 4wd on tarmac. You really will break something.

Cheers
Andrew

 

[theduck]

Sorry HB but I'm gonna AGREE with my m8 Mr plank as he said reverse up 6-8 feet hear a clunk and off you go thats what I was allways told by Mr Terranokid :smile:

 

[Terranosaurus]

But you're both answering the wrong question. I'm not doubting that that is a good way to test wether you're in 2wd or 4wd but it will not tell you whether you're front hubs have released when you go back to 2wd.

 

[(RIP) PLANK]

Am I being silly but how do you "reverse onto a verge until the front wheels stop against the kerb" ???

I hope this doesn;t sound rude but pretty self explanitory dont you think,

step one reverse up the kerb and roll gently back

step two, your front wheels come up against the kerb and it acts as a chock for the front wheels

for this idea to work you need to move back and forth as you change in and out of 4x4 about a car lenght, so the rear wheels stay on the soft ground, which is enough for the engagment and dissengagment of the hubs.

simple enough? :wink:

I wouldn't panic about 4x4 on a hard road for any short dsitances, transmission wind up in my experience is a rarity and usualy a result of miss-matched tyres as much as anything else, its not good practice, but not anyhting to realy worry about a few hundred yards every now and again wont do any harm.