Backing up a steep driveway in 4WD Low gear?
Hi folks. I'm looking for advice on whether I can, or should, use 4WD low gear to back up my 25 ft. Microlite (7k lbs.) in low gear with my 2017 Chev 1500 5.3L. The standard reverse gear seems kind of...
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WNJJ and Scott G my apologies
I know his Ram did not come with a limited slip or locker on the front end so something was causing it it to hop.
You are 100% correct about tires on the same axle allowed to turn different speeds due to the differential I mispoke/typed should have been referencing the different axles instead. However in 4x4 the rear does not need to drive the front to speed as the front axle is being provided power. Isn't the transfer case essentially acting as a locker between the front and rear axle? (at least in his type of transfer case) Regardless of whether or not the rear driveshaft is installed the transfer case just knows the driveshafts (or more specifically the front and rear transfer case output shafts) are turning at the same speed/revolutions because they are locked together (again in this type of transfer case). If the front is traveling different from the rear output of the transfer case it will still bind. It isn't the rear axle per say causing the binding up front, isn't it the mismatched driveshaft speed/revolutions for the given distance the wheels are travelling since both output shafts of the transfer case are locked and turning the same speed/revolutions.
I think, am willing to learn for sure.
I know his Ram did not come with a limited slip or locker on the front end so something was causing it it to hop.
You are 100% correct about tires on the same axle allowed to turn different speeds due to the differential I mispoke/typed should have been referencing the different axles instead. However in 4x4 the rear does not need to drive the front to speed as the front axle is being provided power. Isn't the transfer case essentially acting as a locker between the front and rear axle? (at least in his type of transfer case) Regardless of whether or not the rear driveshaft is installed the transfer case just knows the driveshafts (or more specifically the front and rear transfer case output shafts) are turning at the same speed/revolutions because they are locked together (again in this type of transfer case). If the front is traveling different from the rear output of the transfer case it will still bind. It isn't the rear axle per say causing the binding up front, isn't it the mismatched driveshaft speed/revolutions for the given distance the wheels are travelling since both output shafts of the transfer case are locked and turning the same speed/revolutions.
I think, am willing to learn for sure.
