Wouldn't you have to bypass all the traction control sensors as well? I would guess that there's some kind of computer that would screw things up as well.

 

just go buy a cherokee my 2000 grand larado has all time 4hi and a selectable 4lo

 

I was going to suggest the NP-242 also but like stated above there are issues that would need to be worked out. The speedo input, T-case clocking in relation to the transmission, input shaft spline match, and a few others probably. I had a 242 on my XJ and I found it quite usefull when driving on roads where there were sections of road that were covered with snow/ice and sections that were clear. Don't know if a conversion would be worth the expense or trouble though.

 

Thanks for the input. For everyone who said "pull the lever back" obviously has never tried to turn on dry ground in 4wd.

The other 2 Escalades in my garage are AWD and I love the little extra piece of mind they offer. I was just looking for similar results from my JK. Looks like the T-Case is the ticket.

2k2wranglerx, thanks for the great advice. I know the Grand CHerokee SRT8 is AWD as is the regular Lerado model. Maybe a T-case swap would work in a JK? Anything that could handle 6.1 Hemi torque on a full time basis could probably survive a mini van motor.

 

Good luck man......not something I would even consider doing, but I see how some would like the idea of it....I believe awd is a catch all for most drivers who are not tuned into the environment when driving around, ie city folk.....To me though drive the escalades when you think you might need awd...The amount of times where AWD would be there to save your ass is less than 1% of the time....it's pretty straight forward as to when you need 4wd on any road condition...I guess black ice would be the one area that could catch you by surprise....but even at that, as long as your hwy driving, the 4wd would be fine.....on the other hand in the city I wouldn't recommend it unless there black ice everywhere.....just be cognizant of your driving conditions and manually switch as needed, I think it will save you allot of cash....

even if your on black ice, with all the stability crap on the JK now....ESP/BAS etc.....even in 2wd, it will save your a$$......before I did my custom disable ESP switch, I could not get my Jk out of line at all on any road condition without it straightening itself out...even when you partially disable the esp with the OEM switch, it still will save you.....

I say leave it as is and spend your money elsewhere

 

2k2wranglerx gives some great advice. To go back to the OP's original post, you do not need to do anything with the diffs, just the transfer case. The idea is to get a center diff rather than a transfer case. Your best option would be a NO242 which is similar to a CLD like in LR Discoverys from 2001 (I think I have the year right). The benefit from this would be if you ran your JK in rally events where AWD is a benifit, i.e. high speed loose ground, and still needed the ability to lock the front and rear axles together for things like rock crawling.