AdamsGuitar
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- October 24, 2002
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- Charlotte, NC
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- '95 Eddie Bauer
During the first ice storm of the winter, I allowed my cousin to drive my truck, since it's 4wd, and he has a Mustang. I have him a nice speach about not using 4low for anything, since traction could damage the drivetrain. I told him to keep it in 4auto and nothing else.
Fast forward to three hours later, he comes back and tells me that he moved a tree out of the road with my tow strap, and that he used 4low to do it, and since he didn't feel or hear anything, I "must be full of it."
A couple of weeks later, I was putting it in 4low to do some wheeling, when all of the sudden it starts popping VERY loudly on any turn, slight or sharp. Anything other than a straight line (and even sometimes in a straight line) I could hear and feel a very strong pop. I immediately took it out of 4low and went home.
I had to pull one of our other cars out of the mud a few days ago (a 1987 Nissan Sentra that we donated to a charity; I had to pull it out so they could pick it up) and 4auto got me really worried. I hooked the tow strap up and proceeded to give it gas. Both wheels spun in the mud, but as they were spinning, there was a click, click, click that was coming from under the truck when the wheels were slipping.
Now, if I put it in 4auto on wet or dry pavement, it shudders at low speeds, and it feels like it's choking out when I turn at all. The 4auto still seems to work, as I can floor it on wet pavement without losing traction, when I normally would in 2wd.
Any help would be appreciated.
Fast forward to three hours later, he comes back and tells me that he moved a tree out of the road with my tow strap, and that he used 4low to do it, and since he didn't feel or hear anything, I "must be full of it."
A couple of weeks later, I was putting it in 4low to do some wheeling, when all of the sudden it starts popping VERY loudly on any turn, slight or sharp. Anything other than a straight line (and even sometimes in a straight line) I could hear and feel a very strong pop. I immediately took it out of 4low and went home.
I had to pull one of our other cars out of the mud a few days ago (a 1987 Nissan Sentra that we donated to a charity; I had to pull it out so they could pick it up) and 4auto got me really worried. I hooked the tow strap up and proceeded to give it gas. Both wheels spun in the mud, but as they were spinning, there was a click, click, click that was coming from under the truck when the wheels were slipping.
Now, if I put it in 4auto on wet or dry pavement, it shudders at low speeds, and it feels like it's choking out when I turn at all. The 4auto still seems to work, as I can floor it on wet pavement without losing traction, when I normally would in 2wd.
Any help would be appreciated.
