Post by nirres01 on Oct 1, 2004 10:00:12 GMT -3
Took the Jeep in some nice mud last night for the first time. Everything went fine, not really deep mud but enough to have some fun in with my bro. Anyway, while i was doing it i noticed some things.
One, when we started to lose traction and got stuck i noticed that there would be a bang while the wheels were still moving but we weren't. We were in 4HI. A friend of mine told me that 4WD does something to were it engages and disengages (or something) to try to give you traction. I was just wondering if that's what it was doing or is there maybe something wrong with my 4WD? Like i said i've never done with before, by myself or with someone else in a jeep, and am just hoping that's maybe what is supposed to happen.
Another thing: On the highway this morning at about 65 i noticed some vibes which i never noticed before. I still had a good amount of mud caked on the tires and undercarriage (even after spraying it off last night). Could the vibes be from the mud or did i throw the alignment off? Went to a pressure washer this morning and got all the mud off underneath but haven't had a chance to hit the highway again.
And yet another: Got stuck once in the mud, backed up 5 ft, and went forward and got out. Thank god this place was directly across the street from my house because i got some nasty scratching/screeching coming from a wheel. I figured it was maybe a rock got stuck in the wheel and was rubbing against my rotors or something. Went to my house, sprayed the tires down as good as you can with a house hose and the squeek went away. Anyone have this happen before?
Like i said that was the first time in 1-2' mud ever. Had tons of fun and got filthy (which made it even more fun). Still have a warrenty on the jeep, so if there's something wrong with 4WD it gets fixed for free, but only got about 10k more miles til it runs out. I wasn't driving fast at all just enough to keep getting some traction and keep moving forward. Might have hit a couple bumps a little hard but not too hard to where something would definately break. I inspected underneath last night and this morning and nothing seems broken, loose, or out of the ordinary. I don't have any mods on the this yet so everything is stock. Any type of reply would be greatly appreciated.
-Josh
One, when we started to lose traction and got stuck i noticed that there would be a bang while the wheels were still moving but we weren't. We were in 4HI. A friend of mine told me that 4WD does something to were it engages and disengages (or something) to try to give you traction. I was just wondering if that's what it was doing or is there maybe something wrong with my 4WD? Like i said i've never done with before, by myself or with someone else in a jeep, and am just hoping that's maybe what is supposed to happen.
Another thing: On the highway this morning at about 65 i noticed some vibes which i never noticed before. I still had a good amount of mud caked on the tires and undercarriage (even after spraying it off last night). Could the vibes be from the mud or did i throw the alignment off? Went to a pressure washer this morning and got all the mud off underneath but haven't had a chance to hit the highway again.
And yet another: Got stuck once in the mud, backed up 5 ft, and went forward and got out. Thank god this place was directly across the street from my house because i got some nasty scratching/screeching coming from a wheel. I figured it was maybe a rock got stuck in the wheel and was rubbing against my rotors or something. Went to my house, sprayed the tires down as good as you can with a house hose and the squeek went away. Anyone have this happen before?
Like i said that was the first time in 1-2' mud ever. Had tons of fun and got filthy (which made it even more fun). Still have a warrenty on the jeep, so if there's something wrong with 4WD it gets fixed for free, but only got about 10k more miles til it runs out. I wasn't driving fast at all just enough to keep getting some traction and keep moving forward. Might have hit a couple bumps a little hard but not too hard to where something would definately break. I inspected underneath last night and this morning and nothing seems broken, loose, or out of the ordinary. I don't have any mods on the this yet so everything is stock. Any type of reply would be greatly appreciated.
-Josh