This feels like a bit of a dumb question but I realized today that I still really don't understand how the Sequoia 4WD works.
Background: I've been a 1st gen owner for 6 mos now, this isn't my first 4WD, I'm not mechanically illiterate, but I'm obviously not an expert, and I'm into this forum and others for the sole purpose of overlanding and exploring.
So I've read a bunch on the topic and I thought I understood the difference between AWD and 4WD until today. The crux of the issue is i don't understand how the basic unlocked differential 4WD configuration of the Sequoia is any different from AWD other than the vehicle now has the option to engage the front wheels (other than normal 2WD mode). To me, the only true 4WD must be when both front and rear differentials and the center differential are all locked. Am I wrong?
And for those Landcruiser types who love their full-time 4WD, if their diffs aren't locked, isn't that just the same as the Sequoia with the 4WD engaged?
Thanks ahead of time for the lesson.
Oh, and sorry if this the wrong area to post, it just didn't seem to fit in any of the other topics.
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Background: I've been a 1st gen owner for 6 mos now, this isn't my first 4WD, I'm not mechanically illiterate, but I'm obviously not an expert, and I'm into this forum and others for the sole purpose of overlanding and exploring.
So I've read a bunch on the topic and I thought I understood the difference between AWD and 4WD until today. The crux of the issue is i don't understand how the basic unlocked differential 4WD configuration of the Sequoia is any different from AWD other than the vehicle now has the option to engage the front wheels (other than normal 2WD mode). To me, the only true 4WD must be when both front and rear differentials and the center differential are all locked. Am I wrong?
And for those Landcruiser types who love their full-time 4WD, if their diffs aren't locked, isn't that just the same as the Sequoia with the 4WD engaged?
Thanks ahead of time for the lesson.
Oh, and sorry if this the wrong area to post, it just didn't seem to fit in any of the other topics.
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