Surging in 4x4?

Mathius · Nov 3, 2015

So this might sound like an amateur question, but here it goes.
Put my truck in 4x this morning to get outta my parking spot. Got a bunch of snow last night..

It did fine till I got up to speed, and it felt like the front end was locking up?
Its kinda lurching, and feels funny in the steering wheel. I know it needs a wheel bearing, and I haven't opened up the front diff yet.

But just throwing it out there, to see if anyone might know why it's acting up?

usaf2006 · Nov 3, 2015

Any noise? Or just the motion? My 06 has what I like to call the Ram Shuffle. in 4wd, he front has vibration due to the shabby CV joints we have from the factory. May not be your issue, but is mine. Less angle on the CVs makes it better i hear.

Mathius · Nov 4, 2015

usaf2006 said:
Any noise? Or just the motion? My 06 has what I like to call the Ram Shuffle. in 4wd, he front has vibration due to the shabby CV joints we have from the factory. May not be your issue, but is mine. Less angle on the CVs makes it better i hear.

Mines all stock, cv's are fairly new. I'm thinking it chipped some teeth on the ring gear?
Gonna pull the cover tomorrow, was hoping it was something else. But it's definitely more aggressive than a vibration.
At first I thought maybe the gears were off, I did put a new rear end in it. But I don't think that's it either.
It feels like something is piling up in the t-case, or front diff.. It lurches, and almost feels like the tires are locking up?

justin13703 · Nov 4, 2015

Definitely make sure you have the same gear ratio in the front and back

usaf2006 · Nov 9, 2015

justin13703 said:
Definitely make sure you have the same gear ratio in the front and back

+10

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