Hi guys<br>The other day, on one of the forums, I saw a mention of a way to run in low gear with two wheel drive. Now when I want to look into it, I can't for the life of me find it. I tried to do a site search but that didn't work either. Would someone please send me to the right place for the info?<br><br>Thankx fellas<br>Ruadh

 

If your talking about your transfer case on a 4x4 you can hook up something to the vacuum lines to the actuator on the front drive shaft that will prevent it from engageing the front axle. Not sure about what to use Hope this helps.

 

This page has several references to modifications that will allow use of 2WD low:<br><br>http://www.dodgeram.org/tech/mods/index.html<br><br>Just scroll down to the section entitled &quot;Axle/Driveshaft Related.&quot;

 

Thank you Rich and JFPointer<br>This should help a lot. I drive hot shot and do a lot of 4wd backing up and this seems like just the ticket. I wonder why Dodge used such a high ratio in low gear?It's allmost like they had this tranny kicking around and wanted to use it rather than tender a new design.<br><br>Ruadh

 

Can someone straighten me out on the 2 low thing?<br><br>Why not just use 4 low for the rare times when you want to back something up or whatever?<br><br>I don't understand :-[<br><br>Am I missing something??

 

Can someone straighten me out on the 2 low thing?<br><br>Why not just use 4 low for the rare times when you want to back something up or whatever?<br><br>I don't understand :-[<br><br>Am I missing something??

 

[quote author=tool link=board=4;threadid=7330;start=0#70467 date=1037865677]<br>Can someone straighten me out on the 2 low thing?<br><br>Why not just use 4 low for the rare times when you want to back something up or whatever?<br><br>I don't understand :-[<br><br>Am I missing something??<br>[/quote]<br><br>I'll try ;D<br><br>Take and hook about 19,000lbs to your truck and then put it in 4wheel low and start backing, now cut the wheel hard to the right to jack the trailer around and see what happens.<br><br><br>(disclaimer)<br>I do not except responsiblity of any spilled drinks or falling sunglasses. Also will not cover any medical bills cause by head hitting the roof of the cab. <br><br>When you back these bad boys up in 4low and cut the wheel they buck like a mule. Before you can get your foot on the clutch your other foot starts hammering the go pedal in a repeditive motion that makes the matter much worse. With the front wheels driving it binds up the drivetrain when you try and turn. It's real bad on gravel and not much better on grass. So if you can put it down into 2low you get the benifit of the low range crawling abilitly and the easy on the head of 2wd. It's not a real problem with an auto tranny but for us manual guys it's much easier on the clutch if you use low side when backing heavy loads. This way you can completly release the clutch instead of slipping it the whole time you're backing the load.<br><br>DB<br><br>

 

Thank you Darrell. I couldn't have said it better myself.<br>First time I experienced it, I had a fit cuz I thought I'd broken something. I wonder if it is the drive line bind or could it be posi-trac related?<br>Ruadh

 

[quote author=Ruadh link=board=4;threadid=7330;start=0#70909 date=1037937060]<br>Thank you Darrell. I couldn't have said it better myself.<br>First time I experienced it, I had a fit cuz I thought I'd broken something. I wonder if it is the drive line bind or could it be posi-trac related?<br>Ruadh<br>[/quote]<br><br>Not sure, I just assumed it was the drive line binding. The first time I did it i hit my knee on the dash and my head on the top of the cab. <br><br>I'm putting in a SouthBend Con Fe soon and then I will get the 2wheel low kit and put it in to help with backing the heavy loads.<br><br>DB

 

I miss the days that trucks came with MANUAL locking hubs. I wish DC would allow us to order them that way so we could have the control and ruggedness... ???

 

[quote author=bullfrogjim link=board=4;threadid=7330;start=0#71280 date=1038011699]<br>I miss the days that trucks came with MANUAL locking hubs. I wish DC would allow us to order them that way so we could have the control and ruggedness... ???<br>[/quote]<br><br>Someone on the TDR made a 2low kit, alls it does is bypasses the vaccume disconect. You put the T-case in low 4wd and then pull this **** and it disconects the front axle. Wala 2wheel low. ;D<br><br>I think the kit was about $80, I'll check overthere and see if I can find out some more info. 8)<br><br>DB

 

Thankx Darrell<br>My truck is brand new, so I don't need a clutch quite yet, but I'll be thinking about aftermarket stuff when I do.<br>I back up a lot of loads in the coarse of the day and this 2wd low thing will really help.<br><br>Ruadh

 

Sure wish I could add that mod to mine. But, there's no way with a '02. The front diff is runnin' all the time.