Tundra 4WD question

Straight line, very gentle cornering, moderate speeds. NO parking lots or tight turns... obviously no drag racing.

Normally, your only slippage would be on corners unless you have uneven tires.

--- Rich

i've gone months without engaging 4x on my 96' 4runner with ADD system, never had any problems, ever....

You should engage it at least once a month to keep everything lubed up properly. It's not to say it will fail if you don't do this, but it will lessen the chances of it failing when you need it.

Go off-road monthly to keep it lubed up, that's what I do. :)

If you don't go off-road, just run it on dry pavement but try to avoid turning w/it in 4WD and ABSOLUTELY AVOID low speed turning. That's what will hurt. Because there is no slippage on dry pavement it puts a lot of stress on your drive components & tires to turn in 4WD at low speeds. That's if you're using part-time 4WD, which most Toyota Trucks older than the year 2001 are. Or 2000. I don't remember.

If you're interested in reading more about 4WD systems, the differences, etc. Try this page:

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