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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 10:55 AM
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Question Help! Transfer case grinds when.....

....the lever is pulled into 4WD mode. 1985 F150.

What's going on here ??
 
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 01:44 PM
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What transfer case is it?
 
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 05:48 PM
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What transfer case is it?
No idea.

What would cause it to grind ??
 
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 05:56 PM
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It's probably an NP208.

I don't think anyone's going to be able to guess. I bet if you take it apart the reason will become fairly obvious.
 
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 06:08 PM
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It's probably an NP208.

I don't think anyone's going to be able to guess. I bet if you take it apart the reason will become fairly obvious.
It's in a truck I'm looking at possibly buying.

Are there any diagrams of the NP208 or other transfer cases here On-Line ??
 
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 07:55 PM
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Are you certain that the grinding noise is coming from the transfer case? Sometimes a bad hub will grind when 4x4 is engaged or dirty hubs may not fully engage, causing that noise. Just wanted to throw this out for thought.
 
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Old Nov 2, 2005 | 09:46 PM
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Not for sure yet. I haven't seen the truck yet. Was just told about it in an Email.

What would cause the hubs to grind when shifted into 4WD ??
 
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