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- Roanoke VA
- Vehicle Year
- 1997 and 1999
- Make / Model
- XLT 4x4 & B3000
- Engine Type
- 4.0 V6
- Engine Size
- 4.0L in XLT, 3.0L in B3000
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 4WD
- Tire Size
- 31x10.5-15 K02's on the Ranger, 235/75R15 on Mazda
- My credo
- The perfect is the enemy of the good.
The '97, when you turn on the dash 4x4 it activates the transfer case. It doesn't lock the hubs. You drive forward, that engages the hubs. As in "Automatic".
When you shut 4x4 off you drive backwards 10' straight, that dis-engages the hubs.
Here's my question: If 4x4 is on, and I drive backwards, I'm still in 4x4, right? Would have to be otherwise you'd have no 4x4 in reverse.
My manual says when you turn on 4x4 you will hear "clunk and ratcheting" noises (their words) from the drivetrain and that's normal, it's the differential coming up to speed. And I think if you have it in 4x4 and you reverse direction, the hubs have to disengage/re-engage for the direction change so you might hear that. Not sure if what I said there is true.
It was interesting because when I tried it before I bought it and heard noises I was like omg the thing is self destructing, but (hopefully) what I heard is what they are talking about. I was told if the lights come on the dash, the transfer case is working, and that's about as far as I went with it. Haven't yet actually used it.
Am I understanding this correctly?
When you shut 4x4 off you drive backwards 10' straight, that dis-engages the hubs.
Here's my question: If 4x4 is on, and I drive backwards, I'm still in 4x4, right? Would have to be otherwise you'd have no 4x4 in reverse.
My manual says when you turn on 4x4 you will hear "clunk and ratcheting" noises (their words) from the drivetrain and that's normal, it's the differential coming up to speed. And I think if you have it in 4x4 and you reverse direction, the hubs have to disengage/re-engage for the direction change so you might hear that. Not sure if what I said there is true.
It was interesting because when I tried it before I bought it and heard noises I was like omg the thing is self destructing, but (hopefully) what I heard is what they are talking about. I was told if the lights come on the dash, the transfer case is working, and that's about as far as I went with it. Haven't yet actually used it.
Am I understanding this correctly?