turning radius while in 4x4??
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turning radius while in 4x4??
Hey guys. Was just wondering what the turning radius was while in 4x4? I ask because i remember when my dad had a new 96 ranger 4x4 and you couldn't turn it all the way while in 4x4. It would make a pop noise and would kinda jump like it didn't wanna go forward while the wheel was cut sharply. Haven't tried mine been a lil scer'd!! Just wondering.
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When you turn the front and rear wheels spin in different speeds. The two wheels on the same axle also spin at different speeds but that doesn't matter since your truck has no lockers. So when you are in 4wd the front and rear axles lock at 50/50. The front and rear tires can't spin at different speeds so the drivetrain binds up.
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I though about it but since the front diff spins at all times it could cause problems since the only locker available is a automatic locker. Some people have lockers in the front with no problems but other have had problems with it locking during a low speed turn like in a parking lot or something.
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a locker wont break stuff up front if you are careful most of the time when things break people have the wheel turned all the way in one direction and they are on the gas and it binds up and the weakest thing breaks. if you are careful you wont break things if you get stuck and your spinning stop that's the other time you break things because when you start turning the wheels back and forth and its hopping it stresses stuff and will break just use your head and you wont break stuff
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