I get to 4x4 my way home tonight...

[lovetoski]

Doc - good to hear you are now a "4wheel" guy again. I guess that lubing the hubs could go onto the PM list for higher milage trucks...(note to self and others!)

 

[Razor]

I do this quite often....to get up my driveway where my cruisers are stored....

I just put it in 4Lo till I get to the top of the rise and shift back to reg. drive....whithout the hubs locked...

Can this damage anything...?

Driving with the hubs locked will not cause any problems other than perhaps slightly worse gas milage. You SHOULD lock your front hubs and drive that way at least once a month to keep the front diff lubed up.

Also, do NOT engage any kind of 4wd while the hubs are not locked, apparently it does damage to the hubs (I'm hoping mine are not damaged).

 

[Doc]

Owners manual doesn't say anything about damage, but like I said earlier, I"m sure someone posted on here how they let their buddy drive the truck and they were 'wheelin' all day in 4hi and somehow the hubs got trashed.

Short trips probobly don't hurt anything.

PS, all my 4 wheelin adventures so far have been basically in 4hi/unlocked situations, even though I thought I was locked, so if any damage was done to the hubs, I did not notice any when I pulled them last night. Probobly 6 hours total drive time in 4hi/low with unlocked hubs on my rig since I bought it.

 

[Wildabeast60]

I have been told more than once it is ok to bump it into 4hi when going less than 5 mph.

I think you may have meant 4lo. If you can't shift into 4hi doing 45mph without grinding, you're doing something wrong. The key is to stay off the gas and the brake, then pull your little shifter on down to engage 4hi. If you do it while coasting, you can shift into 4hi and then back to 2 wheel at ANY speed. Well, any speed for a FJ60! I've done it plenty doing 55-65, especially when the snow is patchy. (Like when it is almost finished melting, but the shady spots are still a bit snowy.)

PS. Doc, 1200 posts and you don't know how to drive in the snow?

 

[Doc]

Where do you see I don't know how to drive in the snow. My mistake was assuming I had 4hi when I didn't. If I had been in 4hi, I would have made it home fine.

;p

 

[Wherlwind]

Anyone know why the owners manual says not to drive over 50mph in H4. I put 100s of miles in on the Alaska Highway at 75 to 80mph in ice and snow a few years ago.Haven't had any problems. Just noticed a while ago that's a no no but they don't give a reason why. pete

 

[Doc]

They're probobly assuming that if conditions are bad enough to be in 4hi then you shouldn't be exceeding 50. ?

It's a guess.

 

[60wag]

I wouldn't go over 50 on snowy roads or slippery conditions. I wouldn't be in 4hi if it wasn't snow covered or slippery.