97 GMC Sierra 1500

Had to back my trailer into my daughters icy driveway yesterday, so hit the 4Hi button. Was coming home today, drove about 40 miles before I noticed that I was still in 4Hi.....Road conditions were partial snow covered, mostly with 2 bare tracks on the pavement. Do you think I overheated or hurt the transfer case in any way? Everything seems fine.

 

Nah usually what happens is you toast a bearing and it gets noisy. Or a U-joint goes bad. I wouldn't worry about it.

 

No you didn't do it any harm.. In actual fact, it's good to give your 4X4 a good run once in a while... It's just not good to run it on warm, dry asphalt

I do the same as you quite often... Use my 4x4 then forget to switch back to 2wd

 

Thanks guys...as long as I just wasted a bit of gas, I am happy

 

I've done this once or twice. I'm planning on putting in a big amber indicator light right on the dash that lights up when 4x4 is engaged just for this reason!

 

Trouble with mine is that the steering wheel is in the way of the lighted buttons.....a light in the dash would be better