4WD during break in???

The owners manual states: You should drive in four-wheel drive for at least 10 miles (16km) each month. This will ensure that the front-drive components are lubricated.

My truck has 50 miles on it. Did you guys drive in 4WD during the break in period of your new truck?

 

it does not mater if you use it during break in or not.

oh and i don’t think i use it 10 miles a month. on after age probably 5 miles a month. maybe even less.

about 3 or 4 weeks ago i did have it in for like 25 miles maybe little more, when 4 wheeling.

 

Would you use it 10 miles a month now while its new?

 

In principle you should engage 4WD during the break-in period to allow the front diff's ring and pinion gears see some torque and break in.

 

Great article...thanks!

 

no. i would not go out of my way to use it, just to get 10 miles a month with it.

 

So wait op it says you have a prerunner? would this not make this thread pointless if you only have 2wd

 

I don't go out of my way either , I just engage it occasionally on straight sections of road

 

yeah. i use it mostly when going back by the barn, we have a gravel road leading down the hill, and i use it coming up just so i spin less and so it wont wash out more. i don’t need it at all, but i do it just because the tire spin/slip less. but it’s only in for like 100 feet or so.

 

We had a blizzard here in west Texas a few months ago and I got stuck. Traded it in for a 4x4...lol

 

oh well that makes sense in that case just go down a dirt road with 4x4 on and have some fun that is what I did to break 4x4 in