RE: Using 4HI on pavement

From: Miles Bosworth (mbosworth@ioa.com)
Date: Thu Apr 23 1998 - 17:08:12 EDT


Go for it, it will only wear your tires down very quickly,
put the drive line in a real bind during turns,
cause wear on drive line parts, transfer case, CV joints, etc.
reduce your gas mileage,
and probably shorten the life of the drive line by 50%.
Like read the owners manual!

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net
> [mailto:owner-dakota-truck@buffnet4.buffnet.net]On Behalf Of joel
> Sent: Thursday, April 23, 1998 1:00 AM
> To: dakota-truck@buffnet.net
> Subject: DML: Using 4HI on pavement
>
>
> Is it ok to drive in 4Hi on pavement? It seems to be ok and all 4
> tires grab
> like heck when pulling out in traffic, its great. I know better
> than to drop
> down into 4L and be on sticky surfaces but what is the difference
> as far as
> what is engaging in the drivetrain when someone goes into 4H/4L?
>
> Joel
>



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