4WD problem - is it even working???
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4WD problem - is it even working???
Saturday, I put my truck in 4WD for the first time in quite a while. I was in a pasture picking up a deer, and the ground had started to thaw. The tires (street radials) looked like giant chocolate doughnuts with the mud in the treads. The farmer yelled to put it into 4WD. I told him it was, he said the front left wheel wasn't turning. He couldn't tell about the right front.
It didn't do a very good job of getting me out of the pasture, I had to back up a hill and gain some speed before slipping and sliding up the hill.
Is there an easy way for a novice to check if everything is working right.
Could it be a LS differential issue - I don't know if they even come on the front axle???
Sorry for the novice questions.
Thanks,
It didn't do a very good job of getting me out of the pasture, I had to back up a hill and gain some speed before slipping and sliding up the hill.
Is there an easy way for a novice to check if everything is working right.
Could it be a LS differential issue - I don't know if they even come on the front axle???
Sorry for the novice questions.
Thanks,
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One way to check it would be to jack one tire up off the ground. Lock both your hubs, and put the transfer case into 4wd. Try turning the wheel that is off the ground by hand. If everything is connected as it should, you shouldn't be able to rotate it. You will be able to move it just a little bit, because there is some slack in the gears, etc, but it shouldn't spin. If that works, just to verify that the 4wd is what's keeping it from turning, put the transfer case in 2wd and try spinning the tire again. this time it should spin fairly freely.
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Look underneath the truck to see if the driveshaft is spinning. If it is when you turn the wheel, something isn't right inside your transfer case. If it doesn't, then something isn't right inside your differential (very unlikely) It is probably something isn't right in your transfer case. Does it do the same thing in 4 wheel drive low?
