Not to sound negative at all, but I would go find a few fun SAFE places to play in 4lo someplace and work on going over some single rocks without touching your clutch at all. Your clutch and drivetrain will thank you for it after you master that skill. It is also much much safer to not disengage your drivetrain when crawling around like that. You can start your jeep in 4lo without the clutch in then just leave it in first in 4lo and crawl nice and slow over anything you toss at it. Feathering the clutch is just going to melt your friction surface of your clutch very fast if you do that. Your jeep may at times sound like it is going to stall but the electronic throttle will kick in and knock your idle speed up to prevent that from happening as long as you DONT touch your clutch. Good luck with the practice, let us know how it goes.

 

Your not negative. I am still learning how to use my Jeep. I went to Easter Jeep Safari and looked in the book to see what my Jeep was rated for and signed up. I did not consider that the driver was not rated for the same thing. My first trail was Flat Iron Mesa. I did not know what the heck I was doing. The rock is called the intimidator. I came so close to going over that I thought about coming home and selling my Jeep. However, I did not. I ran into some boys and they taught me how to drive. But the four day I was creeping my Jeep very nicely. I did find that I can use the brake much better. However, I was not able to slow my Jeep enough with just the brake when creeping down an 8 foot wall, thus I had to put in the clutch to slow more.

I did not know about the idle kicking in when engine sounds like it is going to die. I will try that. My plan this summer was to hit the hills close to me where I can practice without going over and edge or overturning my Jeep. It was suggested to me to try a hand throttle, but if it is not needed, then I will not worry about it.

Thanks for the advice.

 

While I can see why you might think that, go practice this....
Try this in a flat parking lot first then on an incline.
Set the hand brake then push the button in with your thumb but don't release it. Continue applying upward pressure while you use your left foot on the clutch and your right on the gas. As you let the clutch out as normal you will feel the Jeep pull at the break. Get a feel for this and you can allow forward progress to begin by slowly releasing the handbrake in a controlled way. On an incline you should be able to hold the Jeep from rolling while you operate the clutch and gas with your feet.
Go practice then try it on the trail!

 

Not far from my house, there are some easy trails with very little risk of tipping over or falling of a ledge. I am waiting for the snow to melt a bit and then I will be up there often.

Thanks for all the help. I am going to wait a bit to intall this, but I am sure it will be coming one day.

 

never use your parking brake instead of the brake itself.

 

Don't you use the parking brake for slowing on a steep down-slope or step ?

 

NO.

Left foot on brake right foot on gas. No need to touch the clutch at all after you are in gear.

 

I didn't mention the clutch. Sometimes, on steep downslopes, breaking only the rear helps. In fact, sometimes, breaking all 4 may create a problem.