Chris H.
New Member
Hey all!
I'm new to the community, and in fact new to Jeeps, having just bought my first- a 2004 KJ Rocky Mountain, and so far I love it.
The Jeep seems to run well, but I have a question, which I have tried Googling and searching here to find an answer, with no luck.
Now, I'm no mechanic but do have decent mechanical skill and knowledge. I believe I understand basically how an open diff and LSD work. Now I'm not sure if my jeep has the Trac Loc or not, but I don't believe it has anything to do with this anyway.
The situation is: when I'm in 2wd, slow tight turns- no problem, outer rear wheel spins further/ faster than inner rear wheel (open diff). As soon as I put it into 4wd (either high or low) its almost like the rear diff is locking, inner rear wheel now spins at same rate as outer wheel, causing it to skip/ spin in the dirt. I have tried this several times on different surfaces (all dirt) with the same result.
Is there something I'm missing here- I don't think this is normal. Maybe I don't understand how it works as well as I thought. If someone can explain why it is doing this, or if in fact there is something wrong with my jeep, or just any ideas, it would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Chris
I'm new to the community, and in fact new to Jeeps, having just bought my first- a 2004 KJ Rocky Mountain, and so far I love it.
The Jeep seems to run well, but I have a question, which I have tried Googling and searching here to find an answer, with no luck.
Now, I'm no mechanic but do have decent mechanical skill and knowledge. I believe I understand basically how an open diff and LSD work. Now I'm not sure if my jeep has the Trac Loc or not, but I don't believe it has anything to do with this anyway.
The situation is: when I'm in 2wd, slow tight turns- no problem, outer rear wheel spins further/ faster than inner rear wheel (open diff). As soon as I put it into 4wd (either high or low) its almost like the rear diff is locking, inner rear wheel now spins at same rate as outer wheel, causing it to skip/ spin in the dirt. I have tried this several times on different surfaces (all dirt) with the same result.
Is there something I'm missing here- I don't think this is normal. Maybe I don't understand how it works as well as I thought. If someone can explain why it is doing this, or if in fact there is something wrong with my jeep, or just any ideas, it would be much appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Chris