4x4 newbie need help !!!

[qinqindecal]

hello, every one here
I bought my 2010 sr5 back to last summer,
so first snow is about 2 weeks ago, finally I can shift it to hi4 and try it out.
it looks great, but when I drive it back to my driveway, it is about 90 degree
tight turn, it is so unsmooth, I mean it is really hard to make any tight turn,
i know hi4 is not for dry pavement. but what should I do,
should I switch HI4 to HI2 before making tight turn,
should I turn on "some button" at somewhere,
or just my car is not function normally.
please help. and thanks advance.

((THANK YOU GUYS FOR PROMPT ANSWERS))
my situation is when I DO need to make some tight turns ,
or when I turn into a pavement from a slippery road,
what should I do???))

 

[Woodztoy]

This is normal on dry pavement it "grabs" if you don’t need 4x4 then don’t use it you shouldn’t turn very tight corners in 4x4 because of this. do a search it has been discussed before my friend.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" /><o></o>

 

[Aerostone]

Your car is functioning just fine. When you put your wheels in 4WD, all of the wheels are locked to turn at the same rate. When you put the car in an extreme turn (approx 90 degrees), the wheels on the outside must turn at a different rate as those in the inside (radius of turn concept). 4WD, unlike AWD, will have a hard time doing this because all the wheels are locked up.

Bottom line, do not put it in extreme turns when you are using 4WD. You might even end up damaging your powertrain. Use 2WD for those situations. I've driven mine in plenty of snow, mud, and loose sand and 90% of those times, 2WD worked fine for me. The 10% was when I got stuck in the mud and shifted it to 4WD and easily got out.

If you want to know more on this, use the Search at the top. Alot of people have posted the same question before.

Hope it answered it in a simplified way for you.

 

[harper7]

it looks great, but when I drive it back to my driveway, it is about 90 degree
tight turn, it is so unsmooth, I mean it is really hard to make any tight turn,
i know hi4 is not for dry pavement. but what should I do,
should I switch HI4 to HI2 before making tight turn,
should I turn on "some button" at somewhere,
or just my car is not function normally.
please help. and thanks advance.

((THANK YOU GUYS FOR PROMPT ANSWERS))
my situation is when I DO need to make some tight turns ,
or when I turn into a pavement from a slippery road,
what should I do???))

Yep, just reach over and shift back into 2H before turning onto dry pavement. You can do it while the truck is moving too.

 

[harper7]

it looks great, but when I drive it back to my driveway, it is about 90 degree
tight turn, it is so unsmooth, I mean it is really hard to make any tight turn,
i know hi4 is not for dry pavement. but what should I do,
should I switch HI4 to HI2 before making tight turn,
should I turn on "some button" at somewhere,
or just my car is not function normally.
please help. and thanks advance.

((THANK YOU GUYS FOR PROMPT ANSWERS))
my situation is when I DO need to make some tight turns ,
or when I turn into a pavement from a slippery road,
what should I do???))

Yep, just reach over and shift back into 2H before turning sharply onto dry pavement. You can do it while the truck is moving too.