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Originally Posted by winkosmosis
What about bigger sweeping turns? Do you slow to a crawl?
Yes, the left and right wheels aren't locked together, but the front and rear are.
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It doesnt hop or pop in sweeping turns, and any risk of breakage from whatever your tryin to prove me wrong with is worth taking on in exchange for added stability.
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Originally Posted by niky
Would be no issue if you have a fully built rig with uprated diffs, but I've seen people wreck stock 4x4 systems by leaving the center diff locked on pavement. Not fun. Not cheap.
Not great for your tires, either... OR your fuel economy, which is a good as reason as any to leave the system disengaged if you don't need it. And if you're on pavement and have the right tires (good snows or summers), you usually don't need it.
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Bone stock, 180K miles, bought originally in Knoxville TN and used as a winter beater then brought down to Middle TN and used just the same...no issues. Never had the transfer case or either axles serviced either come to think of it. **** does happen, Ive seen some CRAZY stuff too so no arguement there! With nothin in the bed on a pickup you could have studded tires and still have issues. Tires are only part of the equation, but thats another arguement to trainwreck another persons thread some other time
Im not worried about MPG when the snow/ice hits the twisty, skinny backroad with 6ft ditches on either side that I live on...Ill continue to lock my hubs and take on the risk of utter and complete driveline devastation!
Matt