My tacoma slide on the rain

As someone who lives in the rainiest city in the nation, you'll need to drive with extra care when it rains. It's not the truck. How you take turns, accelerate, and brake matters especially in a truck. You don't need to weigh down your bed to make this work. Your tires are probably fine. If you don't want to change your driving habits and if driving it feels unsafe, avoid driving when it's wet.

Being that it doesn't rain often there, I can see this being a bit hard to get used to driving in wet weather. It rains almost daily where I'm at, so people get used to it quick.

 

yes and those using more weight will just skid further than without

 

Interesting assertion about using 4Hi on pavement.

Nothing in the Owner's Manual warning against it. Many full time 4WD vehicles on the road.........under all driving conditions.

I'm skeptical on the claim.

I wouldn't suggest to run in 4Hi full time, but in situations where it could help it is a good option for short duration.

 

Never run a part time 4x4 vehicle in 4 full time on dry pavement. It's common sense. Going in a straight line is about the only time you want to use it on dry pavement.

 

got any facts to support or just internet mythconception claim?????

Also isn't the OP having trouble on wet pavement?

 

she never really was here

 

i do 4wd donuts on pavement all the time haven't broken shit, people are just sheeps

 

Full time 4wd vehicles have an open center diff(meaning the front axle and rear axle can rotate separately of each other, also why you see a center locking diff in vehicles like the 4runner, this center locking diff locks the front and rear axles together resulting in a locked 4wd system seen below).

4wd systems such as those found in the Tacoma do not have an open ‘center diff’. Meaning in 4wd, the front axle and rear axle are rotating together at the same speed at all times.

To think how it affects driving on pavement, think of a vehicle turning in a circle. If you draw a line from the center of the circle, to each individual tire, each distance (radius) will be different. Essentially the diameter of each tires “track” will be different. This means that each wheel will have an ever so slight different wheel speed (inside wheels rotating slower than outside wheels).

So the reason it is suggested not to drive in 4wd on pavement is because when you turn there will be binding on the drivetrain. With this being said, there is really know harm doing this as long as it is not long term.

The most ‘damage’ you will see is potentially excessive tire wear, and even that will be minimal.

Excuse the long winded and likely poorly executed response. I’m sure some of this may not make sense so ask questions for the stuff that is unclear

 

The binding is likely to cause tire wear issues, but also it is binding for a reason. Over time that will excessively wear components. Full time 4WD is designed to be run all the time while part time 4WD is not. Part time 4WD is designed to be run when wheels have the chance to slip (i.e off road, snow, etc). Dry pavement is the worst place to run a part time 4WD vehicle in 4WD.

 

Full time 4WD is not the same as part time 4WD.

 

Gilmore. Agreed. Tire scrub is the most detrimental result.

4HI can help in this situation without damage to the vehicle drive train.

Thank you for your succinct explanation. More eloquent the my typing skills.

 

I understand and agree 100%. While it is the worst place to run a part time 4WD vehicles in 4WD, it is not as detrimental as most are lead to think. The (unmodified and if modified properly) drivetrains are extremely robust.

I personally don’t sweat a bit in 4wd on pavement because I remember all of the rock ledges and ridiculous obstacles I’ve driven over that have binded my drivetrain far far worse then 4WD on pavement would. I also don’t purposely drive around in 4WD on pavement all the time but in the instance I do, no biggie!

 

Can’t say I’d ever recommend driving in 4WD on dry pavement in this situation.
I can see it now. OP comes back a week later, “my truck jerks when turning”
Few more weeks later, “my mechanic says my front axles or diff is bad”


There are SOME situations when 4WD on pavement may be used.
In this case, it’s not sound advice, and could lead to further issues later.

 

Im proudly driving for over 35 years dayly, 0 accidents, but maybe you are right I should not be driving

 

I live in the desert, El Paso Texas, hardly rains here, diving tacoma for 10 year, previously i had a GMC canyon

 

simple answer,don't drive when it rains

 

I'd say weight in the bed h

yeah just try running 4Hi lol you’ll feel the damage being done

 

There is no reason you cannot drive in the rain in 4wd as long as you are not putting front diff in a bind.

 

Which it will bind if you are taking corners or the pavement isn’t super slick, or just the fact that you can’t really be in 4Hi going freeway speeds