4x4 engaging problem
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4x4 engaging problem
Hello,
I was driving home today in the first measureable snowfall we've had here in Allegany county Maryland since I bought my 1995 f150 4x4 in October. I noticed that my pushbutton 4x4 wasn't engaging. The Indicator lights both showed it was on. So I fishtailed my way home & was coming up my street when I got stuck. I spun for a while then all of a sudden CLUNK! the 4x4 engaged! I immediately think "automatic hubs" but I thought I'd get a few more opinions before changing them to manual.
Thank You!
I was driving home today in the first measureable snowfall we've had here in Allegany county Maryland since I bought my 1995 f150 4x4 in October. I noticed that my pushbutton 4x4 wasn't engaging. The Indicator lights both showed it was on. So I fishtailed my way home & was coming up my street when I got stuck. I spun for a while then all of a sudden CLUNK! the 4x4 engaged! I immediately think "automatic hubs" but I thought I'd get a few more opinions before changing them to manual.
Thank You!
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It's possible that the auto hubs have never been taken down and cleaned up. I do it once in the spring, once in the fall. A lot of folks are big fans of Warn manual hubs and they are a great product. I now have 239,080 on my truck and still the same auto hubs. E4od transmission also. I've never wanted to change them as they have always worked. Let me down and I would probably change my mind if I wasn't as big a bear on PM as I am.
Tex
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Hi,
i think have a similar problem with them,
when i drive at a higher speed i can´t shift into 4X4. when i shift into i can notice a *rrrrrrrr* from the truck. I have to slow down to 10 mph then i can hear a clunk.
Is this the same problem or what ?
Andy
i think have a similar problem with them,
when i drive at a higher speed i can´t shift into 4X4. when i shift into i can notice a *rrrrrrrr* from the truck. I have to slow down to 10 mph then i can hear a clunk.
Is this the same problem or what ?
Andy
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The push button "shift on the fly" has to synchronize with the moving mass already propelling your truck. Andy, what year truck is yours, how many miles? My transfer case is manual and was manual in my Bronco. I've several friends with the electrical SOF t-case. As the truck get a little older they say that the engagement is not as aggressive as when newer. Changing the t-case lube cannot hurt at all and I'd do it in a minute if I were you and Flash. Drain through a strainer to examine particulate matter.
Tex
Tex
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own a ´92 F 250, with the manual transfer case,
i will change the transfer case fluid soon. Because there´s a little leak, also.
Do you think, or could it only be that there´s to less oil in it ?
i will change the transfer case fluid soon. Because there´s a little leak, also.
Do you think, or could it only be that there´s to less oil in it ?
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It's not a hydraulic situation but the correct amount of lube is a factor, definetly. If you have a leak, fix it. The only time a 4WD truck EVER lets you down is when you need it! I don't shift into 4WD over 10 mph, ever. I've only done that once in the 239,000 miles we've logged. If I go off road, I shift into 4WD, if it's snowing, same thing. It's a whole lot easier to be in 4WD when you hit a problem area than to have to get in 4WD to get out. Old age and treachery will over come youth and exhuberance every day.
Tex
Tex
