Hey guys, in 4-wheel drive, the front end seems to bind in slow, tight turns. As in parking, backing into my garage. Is this normal, and experienced by others? I know my outside driver side CV joint is noisy as hell, and needs replacing. BigKen

I was leaning towards that, but wanted another opinion. Thanks a bunch, Gary. I am havin' fun in the mud. Just a pain in the but to clean afterwards................ cy'all.............. BigKen

This is absolutely normal. This is what 4 wheel drive is supposed to do. What is happening is that both of your wheels is getting power. However the inner wheel travels less distance. The binding is the wheel trying to travel farther than it's path allows. For this reason you should not use 4 wheel drive when on Drive good surfaces. It will eat tires, bind drivetraina and cause more wear and tear. When you are driving on wet surface snow or mud your wheels just slip. The differentials (pumpkins) on the rear of these trucks are open mening the wheel that spins the most get the power. This is usually good on street and truns it means that the wheel that travels farther can spin faster than the inner wheel and not chew up tires or bind. Bad in that if you are wheeling the open rear means the wheel with the least traction steal the power and you get stuck in the mud. Same for drag racing if you were to peel out you may see only one tire mark... Locking differentials make both wheel sping at the same speed and do not allow any variations of wheel speed. Hence why folks want them. When i was breaking in my wife's Rubicon down in Moab it allowed me to rock crawl with only 2 tires on the ground as well as not get stuck in soft sand. Anyway what you feel is normal. When test driving a used truck to buy if it does not bind when in 4 -wheel drive that tells me the transfer case or something is not working like maybe blown hub. WHat you feel is good and will help you off roading.

Thanks Jonathan. I am replacing my front axles, and adding locking hubs. What is a good, inexpensive remedy for the rear end? I would like for both rear wheels to drive. BigKen

If you are into offroading I would add a locker. That way when you want you can push a buttong a get 100% power to both wheels and then when street driving just have it off for better drivablility. Jon