XJ's really a 4x4

[Mudgee hunter]

Locking in both drive shafts at equal ratios though a transfer box has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING to do with how the front or rear DIFF/AXLES
turn/lock up/open/LSD!!!
So between the transfer case and diffs....
Do you see an electric cable? NO
Do you see a cable? NO
Do you see an air line? NO
So selecting part time or full time, low range.... has NO influence over changing the diffs behavior of locking up or being open.
So I suggest before calling someone a crack head..... perhaps try getting out of Woolworths car park in low range 4x4(?) Full time and try some REAL 4x4 trax

[Adrian D]

Only someone hurt bad or on crack would rant out like this.

Anyway, you could step away from the keyboard, take some deep breaths, sell the Jeep and then buy a "real" 4x4, a Pooftrol or a Landbruiser, they "all" have front and rear lockers.

Real. Four. By. Four.

[sbadman]

Please do lock the front and rear axles. Use a MIG welder if it makes you happy that it is now a real 4WD. You'll quickly discover that there are plenty of times where you don't want to be locked. Like when trying to turn......

Then again, trolls don't usually discover much from under their bridge

[rainman]

well mate until the last 10 years or so no 4x4 came from the factory with diff locks. yet we have had 4x4's being driven off the showroom floor since ww2.
maybe it dosnt mean what u think it does?

[amlav]

Just relax guys . There is no need for controversial talk . Try and make it constructive and opinionated but use a bit of diplomacy.

[Mudgee hunter]

Originally Posted by rainman

put it in part-time and do a tight turn in a bitumen car park...... that aint AWD.

True rainman I get that.
And AWD's don't suffer from this.
But this is not a benfit in any way.
Unsure why one would to do this.
There's 3 very different reasons why this could be so...
# Forgot to disengage a diff lock.....
# Forgot to disengage the transmission lock
# Forgot to disengage both!

But in the selecta trak, part time, it's the transmission lock.
Both drive shafts are locked in equally.
Thus making it hard to turn on bitumen etc.
This is basically the front wheels arguing with the back wheels from different distance of tyre travel.
But not from the two front wheels being locked in sync, like a diff lock on. Same as with the back wheels.

Fulltime 4x4 selected allows the front and rear drive shafts to rotate at different revs from each other. .
Yet still no axles front or back are locked up from wheel to wheel.
LSD at the most.

I never set out to insult anybody with this thread.
I like my XJ, and pretty happy with it.

I've heard no real definition of a 4x4, I understand AWD, other car, a rav4.... AWD!
I'm sorry if some felt originally hurt or insulted their jeep was possibly under scrutiny of being a 4x4!!!

I'm still none the wiser of what defines a 4x4 a 4x4!!!
What if my Rav4 had an option to lock the front and rear drive shafts up at equal revolutions? ...
Dose it then become 4x4? Baby one at most!

I got a bit hung up on a decent track when I first got it.
A front wheel and a rear wheel where both spinning whilst in "4x4, part time"

So one wonders what really defines the basic criteria of being called a 4x4!

I do not consider myself a "troll", and I know I'm not a "crack head".
Crazy....?
Yeah.
But, don't expect respect after giving personal insults, and then be expected to have them banned. Leave that to the Mod squad.
Opinions are just opinions.... not facts hey.
Sorry again if I offended
Mudgee Hunter

[Mudgee hunter]

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Still doing a bit of research!
Link above might help some people out