Charles A. Sherwood wrote:

The select trac allows 2wd, full time
and part time 4wd. This is the primary reason I choose the jeep
over the other vehicles


Guess again. The Jeep transfer case was made by New Venture Gear. As was the


That is true. But in 1996, neither Ford or Chevy put a full time (ie AWD)
T-case into the explorer or blazer. They were part time that could only
be used on slipery roads or part time that was engaged by a computer when it
detected slip. Not to mention chevy used some goofy heat expansion to
move some pistons to lock the front hubs. Sounds like rub goldburg to me.
I talked to one ford owner who was left stranded because his computer
didn't see the slip and would not go into 4x4. No thanks.

I'm sure things are different now.

chuck
I'm not sure of now, but at least until recently the Cherokee's "Select
Trak" was the only SUV 4WD system to offer BOTH 4WD and AWD, user
selectable. I'm well along on my second "Select Trak" Cherokee (170K
miles on the first, 70K miles on the current), and have had NO
transmission/transfer case trouble with either (knock on wood). The
'Grand' offers only one (4WD) or the other (AWD).

Overall, I've had little trouble with either vehicle other than routine
brakes (about 40K miles), tune ups, etc. jobs. After well over 100K
miles, I had to replace some U-joints in the old Cherokee, and a power
steering actuator. The first had a GM 2.8L V-6 engine that was real
sweet ... smooth and quiet. The new one has a Chrysler 4L straight 6 ..
it runs well enough, but is a LOT noisier. I see little difference in
power or fuel economy between the two engines.

When I got rid of it, the older Cherokee was still running well, but 14
years of Michigan road salt had done it's work on the body.

Dan Mitchell
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