1995 sidekick. when in 4wheel drive it has alot of trouble turning sharply, such as when i am parking. is this normal or is there someting wrong with my kick's 4x4?

1995 sidekick. when in 4wheel drive it has alot of trouble turning sharply, such as when i am parking. is this normal or is there someting wrong with my kick's 4x4?

That is normal... When in four wheel drive and turning sharply on a surface with a good deal of traction, your vehicle will buck.

-Eric

alright thanks man, i thought that it probably was, but i got thrown off by all those performance AWD cars turning no problem
thanks

Yeah, those have special powertrains to spilt the torque between the front and rear allowing the front to travel faster than the rear. Chevy had it on some of there old fulltime 4x4's, lift one wheel off the ground, and you would have no wheel drive, They have since fixed that problem.

ah thanks

Just a note, if you don't know: DO NOT engage 4wd on dry pavement, or even just wet pavement. It will torque lock the 4wd system & cause damage. 4wd needs a loose surface, ie dirt, gravel, sand, grass, snow etc. to allow it to slip a little to make up for the difference the wheels travel around corners. Hth.

Fuzz

Just a note, if you don't know: DO NOT engage 4wd on dry pavement, or even just wet pavement. It will torque lock the 4wd system & cause damage. 4wd needs a loose surface, ie dirt, gravel, sand, grass, snow etc. to allow it to slip a little to make up for the difference the wheels travel around corners. Hth.

Fuzz

Ok what do you do You're butt end is in a ditch while you're front set is on tarmac. What do you do?  im talking 55 deg angle here. do you risk the torque lock or pray to god your open end can spin long enough to push you out? >=)

Then your fine.  And it is fine for short distances, you just need one of the two ends to be able to slip a little. 

Quote from: fuzzy1 on October 15, 2009, 09:45:01 AM

Just a note, if you don't know: DO NOT engage 4wd on dry pavement, or even just wet pavement. It will torque lock the 4wd system & cause damage. 4wd needs a loose surface, ie dirt, gravel, sand, grass, snow etc. to allow it to slip a little to make up for the difference the wheels travel around corners. Hth.

Fuzz

Ok what do you do You're butt end is in a ditch while you're front set is on tarmac. What do you do?  im talking 55 deg angle here. do you risk the torque lock or pray to god your open end can spin long enough to push you out? >=)

Hi. The answer is put it in 4wd and drive out.

Then - unless you are in a driving snowstorm, in the middle of a desert or in a heavy downpour - you shift back to 2wd.

That's because Samurai/Sidekick/Tracker trucks are NOT all-wheel drive.  They are part-time 4wd.  

Driving on flat, dry surfaces in a part-time 4wd vehicle is seriously not good for the drivetrain.

See Mr. Bewley's post, above.

n'est-ce pas?