208 case shift on the fly?

[orange57]

I had someone tell me that the 208 transfer case is a shift on the fly style case. Is this true? Or do you need to throw it into neutral before?

thanks

 

[Hossbaby50]

Kind of. You can shift between 2hi & 4 hi at slow speeds in gear. 4lo requires stoping and putting it in neutral and I wouldn't recommend trying to grab 4hi at over 25mph.

Harley

 

[big83chevy4x4]

ive gone down the road at 55 and shift it into 4hi. no problems at all. just make sure your hubs are locked in, unless you like a grinding sound.

 

[Randy92782]

yup i'd say shift on the fly til around 30mph but who needs to switch to 4hi at 55??

 

[jonrpick]

yup i'd say shift on the fly til around 30mph but who needs to switch to 4hi at 55??

I couldn't imagine doing that, because that'd mean I was doing 55mph in 4LO!!!!!

 

[Randy92782]

i meant shifting from 2hi to 4hi at 30 tops. from 2hi/4hi to 4lo i'd say you should be stopped before shifting

 

[big83chevy4x4]

yup i'd say shift on the fly til around 30mph but who needs to switch to 4hi at 55??

it was winter and i thought it was in 4hi but was slipping around, looked down, 2hi, so i kicked it into 4hi. may not "suppose" to do it, but i did and nothing bad happened then or any other time. i just let off the gas so both the front and rear were both spinning the same speed.

 

[vortec]

i asked a very similar question on here about a year ago and got the same answer, pretty much. i was specifically asking about the time i was driving on ice in 2wd, and threw it into 4hi durring a slide. worked fine, but i wanted to make sure i wasn't killing it.