Originally Posted by
vermonter150
thanks for the good info, I am really learning to LOVE 4 wheel drive. So I know when you lock the front hubs it makes it a solid axle and both left and right wheels turn at the same speed when you are in 4x4. what happens when you put your truck in 4 wheel drive without the hubs locked? does no power get to the front wheels?
The front drive shaft and axel shafts would turn but there would be no mechanical connection to the hubs so they would act as in 2 wheel drive. Basically wasting fuel because it is robbing power from the drivetrain to turn the extra mass of drive shafts/axels.