New Wrangler toad ?

ezgoin wrote:
Hi all. We just purchased a new 2016 Jeep Wrangler Unlimited for towing, and since it's my first 4wd Jeep, I have a question. When shifting the transfer case into Neutral, will the shift handle feel loose and have some play in it similar to the feel when putting a manual transmission in neutral? I know to check by putting the tranny into drive/reverse to check, I just want to make sure I'm not just partially into neutral and have it pop back into gear while towing.

Also, any tips or tricks for a new Jeep owner would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Bill

I had a 2002 Wrangler so I don't know if the tranny system changed at all or not, but on mine the transfer case went into neutral and there wasn't much play. My memory is fading, but I think to get it out of neutral you had to push it to one side against the spring tension so there was no way it was going to "pop" out of neutral. I know on mine the instructions said to put the tranny in park which is pretty standard. The reason for doing so was to stop some things in the transmission from spinning that wouldn't get properly lubricated if you left the tranny in neutral. A few years back there was a guy on here who had said he always left his tranny in neutral because he was worried about hitting a bump and the transfer case shifting back into gear. I tried to convince him that wouldn't happen and he was damaging his tranny, but he didn't want to hear it.