My sportside bed seems *** lite and likes to step out while cornering in the rain. I'm wondering if it is ok to drive around on pavment in "auto 4wd" mode. I've heard that binding could be an issue driving in 4hi on pavment. On wet windy mountain roads I've been driving in auto mode to avoid spinning out, but I'm worried that it might cause damage to the transfer case. If I'm in auto mode and it engages the 4wd, is it supposed to eventually return to 2wd or do I have to push the 2hi button? I don't think my truck is swithing back to 2hi when in auto becasue when I pull into a parking lot in auto I can still feel the steering binding as if its in 4wd.
Anybody have knowledge on the autotrack system? Thanks guys

 

the fleetsides do this too..i know you still get a little power to the front wheels at all time (10% i think) but it dont think you get like 50% or whatever until it feels a slip.. as problems i dunno i do know the mpg will suffer quite a bit...maybeye some better tires for rain or something might help. or learn to control your pedal like driving a rwd in ice....all trucks do this due to the small amount of weight over the back wheels

 

or you could just do like i do drive really damn fast then the front end breaks loose insted of the ***...i do know where you are commming from living in eastern ky.. just drive like your pedal takes like 100 lbs to move it or theres an egg under it or something.... may still spin but wont come around....it sucks to be pointing the oppiste way you are going....scary too when you dont do it on purpose

 

i drive in the rain in auto 4wd, it's real nice, however, I'm not exactly screaming around corners either.

 

You will burn out the transfer case clutches considerably faster using Auto 4. I have seen several trucks with burnt clutches under warranty and most have had it in Auto 4 when it comes in and there is no snow on the ground.

 

the manual recommends auto-4wd for weather conditions such as rain, water pools, light snow, things of that nature.

 

So 4wd is always engaged when you are in "auto" ?? I was hoping it switches back to 2hi so I don't have to worry about my t-case. I don't drive crazy in the rain. The only time I've really fishtailed is the first time I got on an on-ramp in the rain. I don't have a rear LSD, but in 4wd I can mash the throttle from a stop while turning and it tracks great. I have 285 bridgestone dueler at's which are about 200 times better than stock,no wheelspin from takeoff unless I brake stall and no tire squeeling on dry pavment unless I'm really barging it and dealing with understeer.

So do you guys think a good rule of thumb is if the road is wet its ok to be in auto 4wd?

 

in Auto-4 the front-axle is engaged, but the t-case is not.....when the wheel-speed sensors detect rear-wheel slip they tell the t-case to engage.

it *should* be OK to use auto-4 in the rain as there is enough of a reduction in friction at the front tires to prevent the front-end from binding.....

 

Ok so I'm glad I don't have to worry about that anymore. I only have one more question about this. Is auto4 supposed to automatically disengage the front axle too? I'm not sure if its normal for it to stay in 4wd or if my switch panel needs to be replaced. I've just been pushing 2hi then Auto again to reset the transfer case when driving to avoid any wear and tear or wasted gas.

 

i put my last truck in auto for months at a time and when i wasn't in auto i was in 4hi. the whole idea of the auto 4wd is that you can leave it on when the roads are questionable.