Did I do the right thing ?
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Tuned
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From: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Did I do the right thing ?
Last night a friend got her 95 Chevy Silverado stuck in her yard and she called me to pull her out.
She was up near the paved road, so I had to go at a hard right or left angle.
With the front end also sunk in the mud all I did was smoke my right tire and the Chevy barely moved.
Question: Could I have used my four wheel drive to get better traction
without possibly messing it up.
I was on dry pavement and heard it is not good to use it on that surface !
1988 F-250 4x4
She was up near the paved road, so I had to go at a hard right or left angle.
With the front end also sunk in the mud all I did was smoke my right tire and the Chevy barely moved.
Question: Could I have used my four wheel drive to get better traction
without possibly messing it up.
I was on dry pavement and heard it is not good to use it on that surface !
1988 F-250 4x4
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From: Aurora,Colorado
A careful ,low RPM, straight pull wouldn't probably have hurt anything--as long as the steering wheel remains straight ahead. The problem with using 4x4 on dry payment is that there is no differential in this part-time transfer case.
And the lack of a differential in the transfer case is only an issue when steering the truck around a curve on dry payment. This is because each wheel on a truck turns a different distance when the vehicle is turning a curve and requires a differential on each axle and in the transfer case. All- wheel- drive vehicles usually have a transfercase differential for this reason--or a viscous coupling that acts as a differential and lets each driveshift rotate at different speeds if necessary
And the lack of a differential in the transfer case is only an issue when steering the truck around a curve on dry payment. This is because each wheel on a truck turns a different distance when the vehicle is turning a curve and requires a differential on each axle and in the transfer case. All- wheel- drive vehicles usually have a transfercase differential for this reason--or a viscous coupling that acts as a differential and lets each driveshift rotate at different speeds if necessary
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Tuned
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From: Tulsa, Oklahoma
That was my major problem if I had gone straight I would have been in the ditch on the other side of the road.
I was really ticked off because I wanted to pull the thing out, but not at the cost of more repairs.
Thanks !!
I was really ticked off because I wanted to pull the thing out, but not at the cost of more repairs.
Thanks !!
