I've always owned chevys ( I do have a jeep!!!)..........but all my 4x4's are lever control................when I bought a newer chevy truck years ago............I DID NOT WANT PUSH BUTTON 4x4..........and ended getting a 95 chevy with manual lever 4x4.
WHAT PROBLEMS HAVE YOU SEEN OR HAD WITH PUSH BUTTON 4x4??????
I dont like the the push buttons, It seams like anybody with a push button has problems or it dosent work..... The only ones i see that do work like there supposed to are new ones..... but after a few years seams like they just go to p00.... and i havent gotten that lazy were i cant lean forward and pull a lever to get it in 4 wheel yet!!!!
Never had a problem with push-button 4x4 in my bronco or my old explorer. But just a funny tidbit here. When through the car wash with the ram, and lady thought it was a stick shift because of the 4x4 lever lol. I do like the lever better tho.
99 chevy 199,000 miles without a problem
I got a 99 z71 classic with push button and it works great.... but I dont use it much....
the swetch goes out and the 88 and some other cheavys dont have a linkage hokked to the leaver
Push button 4x4 will work awesome right up until the day you really need it!
I prefer levers myself less to go wrong ==2cents
i prefer a lever but everything i buy seems to have a push button
I seen on another site where someone took the gear off the T-case motor and welded on a lever, cut a hole in his floor and did away with the push button. He also installed a posi-lok and tied that into the lever. Installed a boot and everything looked like factory but now everything is manual eliminating the t-case motor and all the vacuum crap...pretty sweet setup but now I cant find the site. I thought it was on s10forum but not sure?
I had a 99 jimmy with push button, had it in the shop 3 times to get it out of 4 high, but it only did it when the wife would drive it!
had tons of problems with mine. seems like the vac switch on the tcase likes to stick alot. took it back so many times i get free ones when i take it in. ive also had problems with the front diff vacumm actuator replaced that once too, which messed up my front diff from it not switching out.. works good now though. lol
i got the lever style and my front end dont disengage most of the time. takes forever
Quote from: Squirell on March 07, 2009, 02:44:32 PM
i got the lever style and my front end dont disengage most of the time. takes forever
Thats because of the vacuum crap! Get a posi-lok and that will solve all your problems.
Quote from: Disturban on March 07, 2009, 02:48:42 PM
Quote from: Squirell on March 07, 2009, 02:44:32 PM
i got the lever style and my front end dont disengage most of the time. takes forever
Thats because of the vacuum crap! Get a posi-lok and that will solve all your problems.
mine isnt vaccuum. mine is the electric one that heats up. but yes that posi lock would fix it
my ranger has both haspush button on the roof and lever on the floor
Quote from: Trent on March 07, 2009, 01:44:50 AM
i dont like them
ill take a lever any day
yep good old linkage adjust when needed and good to go
My Ram has the lever activated 4x4 and I love it.
never had a prob. with my push button but i like the lever on the floor better it looks cooler but the trucks now a days are built for eas of use and the button is much easyier to push then bend down and pull the lever i think its like the p brake in a vehicle if ya use it itll work fine and not freeze up my ==2cents
My dad has had to replace the acuator on the front diff of his 97 burban twice. My 02 silvy has worked flawlessly. Burban has 160,000 and my truck has 140,000 on it.
dont like them push butons seen a few of um not come on when you need it like macanical sytums beter then electronc esay to rig up somthin on the trail when tahy break
the dd has push button I havn't had a problem with it yet 02 GMC 2500 HD
whatever works...
Never had push button. Always had manual. Opted for manual in 07' F150 too. It just seems right!!
no problems in my 99 sierra with the push button, but my dads 98 s10 blazer never works
ill take a lever that bolts right to the t-case mechanically anyday! no vacuum or electical bs. my mom has had to put 2 acuators in her 2000 pushbutton blazer.
My push button can engage at 70. Try that with an old lever action. My 01 Chevy has 215,000. never a problem !
my 2000 chevy has the old floor shifter, never a problem with that,was running down the interstate , slippen sideways on ice just grabbed it. slammed it in 4 high at 70 plus & once the front kicked in kept rite on moving along ==np
well all the newer chevys have shift on the fly capabilty, but it says to do it under 50 if i rember right