4W Driving

When you think that you might want 4x4 in the near future.

Saves getting out in the mud to lock the hubs when it might not be convienent, say when you have rounded a corner to find the road is slop.
In that case, simply back off the accelerator, clutch in and into 4H. The front diff will be spinning from the drive provided by the wheels turning on the road surface so there won't be any horrible grinding noises from the transfer case, the teath will simply engage and away you go.

Hi,

2 reasons..

1. If 4WD is not used a lot, do it every few weeks for a day to keep things lubricated.

2. When driving on slippery/rough roads, you can engage/disengage 4WD on the fly without having to get out and lock the hubs!

Cheers

I also lock my hubs from time to time to get the diff and shafts spinning in oil for a while. Otherwise they just sit there half-submerged in oil - half in/half out. I've seem the top of crown wheels and whatnot actually go rusty if it hasn't been engaged in a while.

I've had my hubs locked in, pretty much since I bought my cruiser 6 weeks ago. There's no point really unlocking them. Apart from going to the shop and back most of my driving is on gravel and I use 4WD about 10% of the time.

Eq.

Not a silly question at all David, there was a time when NONE of us knew the answers.... ;-)

As with all of the above, although I don't unlock my hubs, I am happy to kreep them locked in so we are "ready" to slip it in to 4wd at the drop of a hat. We are off road fairly regularly anyway and it doesn't do any harm to leave them locked in. Big thing to remember is to NOT have your 4WD activated on hard surfaces such as bitumen roads etc or you risk Transmission Wind-up which can be terminal for your drive train.
So you CAN leave your hubs in..... BUT only throw the LITTLE stick into 4by when you are off road.

It sounds like you are new to four wheel driving?? if so give serious consideration to joining a club, the depth of knowledge available is amazing.... everything we have learned is directly from belonging to our club.

Hope this helps

hi guys
when you have all whell drive you can lock the centre dif lock before you get into the slipery stuf then when you have rear dif lock you press the button and it is not a problem

Hi guys
the land rover model i think after 1967 when the Range Rover came out the vehicle did not have free wheeling hubs thay have allweel drive and to make this work there is what is called a centre dif this allows the 4 axles to turn seperatle that is you have a type of 4 wheel drive all the time even on tar roads some of the pundits on toyes said this uses more fuel which is probely correct, Now when you get on to slipery dirt(ALSO YOU CAN ENGAGE LOW RANGE ON TAR ROADS ) with this system, on slipery roads you push or pul the lever to dif lock that is it locks up the centre diff and then you have normal 4wd. Then there is another option which is called dif lock which toyes have as a option and LAND ROVERS have 4 wheel traction control Just like Ford and Holden on there latest vehicles.YOU instal diff lock into your rear dif and if you are flush with dollars instal it in the front diff, then to operate u have a button to push and pull.
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