Four-Wheel- Drive Operation - If Equipped; Manually Shifted Transfer Case Operating Information/Precautions - Dodge Ram 1500 Owner's Manual

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288 STARTING AND OPERATING

Maximum Recommended Downshifting Speeds

Failure to follow the recommended downshifting

speeds may cause the engine to over speed and / or

damage the clutch disc even if the clutch pedal is

FOUR-WHEEL- DRIVE OPERATION — IF

Four-Wheel-Drive Dodge Ram Trucks are equipped with

either a Manually Shifted transfer case or an Electroni-

cally Shifted transfer case. See the operating instructions

for your transfer case, located within this section.

Manually Shifted Transfer Case Operating

Information/Precautions

The transfer case provides 4 mode positions - 2 (rear)-

wheel-drive high range, 4-wheel-drive high range, neu-

tral, and 4-wheel-drive low range.

This transfer case is intended to be driven in the 2-wheel-

drive position (2H) for normal street and highway con-

ditions such as dry hard surfaced roads.

When additional traction is required the transfer case 4H

and 4L positions can be used to lock the front and rear

driveshafts together and force the front and rear wheels

to rotate at the same speed. This is accomplished by

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