Hi folks
Today I experienced something for the first time. ( This is my 1st jeep and 4by4)

When in 4wd ( high) with the limited slip on and cranking the steering full hard ( one side or the other) can it occur to have a lurching effect , chunking type of thing going on ?

I know turning the wheel hard in 4wd the wheels can't turn at the appropriate speeds and I'm thinking this is it. I was turning into a parking spot at slow speed..

Sorry if this is a newbie question , but I just want to be sure before I mention it to my dealer.
I took it for a drive later and did some circles in an empty lot and the problem didn't show up again.

Thanks for any help and info.

 

Did you do this on dry pavement? If so, that's a nono!

 

The first time it occured was on an indoor parking lot with a fair bit of sand/gravel when turning into a tight space. I was still in 4 high. It happened a second time today when turning tightly into another lot I was entering.

I did some tight circles in a snowy lot and it didn't happen again.

 

If the surface you do that on is wet,or snow it won't do that..If you try that on dry cement,asphalt even hard packed dirt WHILE IN 4WD...it's normal.remember all 4 wheels are turning and driving you forward,so there's bound to be resistance to turning hard.

 

Thank you for your advice Berserkur ! I've done some more checking on other forums and others had the same issue I had.

 

PERFECTLY NORMAL, I usually quickly through it back into 2 WHL before turning it into the parking stall, kind of enoying to do but makes things alot easier.

 

Thanks man. I kind of played with that same method and works fine now. Now I understand why it happens.
Awesome man
Pete

 

Agreed.