Your point?

Do locking hubs magically prevent you from shifting out of 4x4 like the
OP was told?

Mike


The Fuzz wrote:
>
> My 96 xj has locking hubs, Oh by the way it is a warn conversion.
> "Mike Romain" > wrote in message
> ...
> > You have permanently locked hubs, the previous owner obviously had no
> > clue how to use the 4x4.
> >
> > You can shift on the fly into and out of 4 high at any legal speed on a
> > Jeep. I just treat 4 H like any other shift and when I see a snow patch
> > coming, I shift in, get back to dry and just shift back to 2x4.
> >
> > When using 4 low for high torque and low speeds, you should be moving
> > 2-3 mph only when shifting into or out of it or you will get bad
> > noises. It clunks at the best of times going into low though.
> >
> > Even with the older vacuum axled hubs, you didn't have to back up to
> > unlock them. You sometimes have to let off on the gas pedal fast to
> > bump the vacuum up to get them to work, but that is just because of old
> > age and leaky vacuum hoses. If the shifter will physically shift to 2
> > wheel drive, you 'are' in 2 wheel drive period. The shifter disconnects
> > the front driveshaft from the engine.
> >
> > On my 86 CJ7 with locking hubs, I sometimes have issues getting it out
> > of 4x4 low. The shifter itself won't move sometimes unless I spin
> > rubber or goose it in reverse. This only happens after coming off a too
> > high a traction area just before wanting to use 2x4 again.
> >
> > So if the shifter won't move, you have to hit reverse sometimes or spin
> > rubber, but the hubs don't care one way or the other.
> >
> > Mike
> > 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> > 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >
> > wrote:
> >>
> >> I just purchased a 2nd-hand 1994 Cherokee with the 5-speed manual,
> >> part-time 4WD tranny. The previous owner told me that you needed to
> >> back it up to unlock the hubs after having it in 4WD. I had to do this
> >> for my 88 Trooper. But I haven't seen anything in the Jeep owner's
> >> manual about backing up to unlock the hubs.
> >>
> >> Do I need to back to unlock hubs, or not?
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >>
> >> Tom