Driving Techniques In 4-Wheel Drive; When Not In Use 4-Wheel Drive; Up Hill; Getting Over The Hump - Jeep CJ-5 Owner's Manual

To shilt frcrn
4-wheel-drive
to 2-whael-drive
let up on the
acc€lerator, ifth€ vehicle is moving,
and move the front'axle
drive lever
to the forwa.d (out) Position. The
auxiliary-range levei must be in
hish
(rear) position before the
front axle drive can be disensased
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WHEN TO USE 4'WHEEL DRI\E
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gear. Use 4 wh€el drive otr the
road when vou need it. Use it in
$ow. Us€ it to get heavy trailers
rolling and for pullins agricultural
imptements. Use it on ice, hitts,
mud, sand, and wherever normal
2 wheel-drivc traction won't do the
job.
4.WHEEL DRI\E
of torsional
stress iD the drive
train and
results from normal
variatioDs in tirc diameterc uoder
differeDt load conditions.
To rclieve tnis buitd-up, simply
drive the vehicle
in reverse for
several feet or dfive otr the hard
su ace Domentarily
to allow the
Shift to
4-wheel diive, hish
range, first gea.wheD goine throush
mud, snow, and sand without
a
load. Auxiliary low rans€ is not
necessary in such conditions unless
a load is being pulled by the
vehicle or unless it is desired to
proceed more slowly
because of
changins road coDditions. Don't
shift into aDy lower gear than is
necessary to oaintain
headway.
Try to kcep a constant
ensine
speed. Over rewing
the engine
will cause the wheels to sta.t
A'Jeep'vehicle may on occasion
be driven up to the hubs in sand,
mud, oi water. As sooD as possible
thereafter. clean the b.ake drums
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Use 4-wheel drive to Provide
additional
traction and lowe. sear
ing for difficult terrain
and to
provide low speed Pulling
Power
fo. industrial
and asricultural us€.
You should only use 4-wheel drive
when greater traction and Power
are required than can be Provided
by the standa.d
transmission low
WI{EN NOT TO USE
For
normal drivins
on hard-
surfaced
.oads, 4-wheel drive
should not be used. The additional
tractive effort
it P.ovides is not
needed under such conditions Pro
longed use of 4'wheel
drive on
ha.d-surfaced roads may occasion-
ally caus€ temporary
difficulty in
shiftins out of 4 wheel d we. This
condition
is caus€d by a build-uP
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Shift to 4-wheel d.ive, low range,
second sea.. Drop dow!
to first
g€ar only when it is apparent that
tie st€cpness ofthe asc€nt requires
the lowe. sear to maintain head-
Apply power smoothly. Don't
lose traction by ovei-rewing
tle
ensine. ID certain conditions, head-
way can be maintained by using
a mitd pumpins action on the ac
c€lerator. This
action
produces
"Walk"
the vehicle up the last
few feet. If the whecls start to slip
with only a few feet of the ascent
remaining, headway may be main-
tain€d by swinging the front wheels
DRIVING TECHNIQUES
IN 4.WHEEI. DRIVE
THROUGH MUD, SNOW. AND SAND
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sDinning and traction will be lost.
Tire p.essure may be reduc€d to
about l0 psi. il additional flotation
CAUTION
THROUGH SAND, MUD, OR WATER
to prev€nt any abrasive material
that may have eDtered from wear
ing the brake linings.
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ergine speeds slightly
above and
below t}le vehicle speed and gives
GETTING OVER THE HUMP
sharply left aDd .isht. This will
provide a fresh "bite" into the su.-
face and witt usually result in
enough traction
to comPlete the
climb.