azaizai
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So I've been slowly getting my ranger up to snuff...and my front axle still acts like a lil odd when I'm in 4wd.
I've got a 1997 with a 4 liter, and a dana 35 with manual hubs.
I've changed the fluid (and found little wrong with the fluid when I did), I've checked all the ujoints, the pinion bearing has a very small amount of play (it moves less than half an inch up and down only), the wheel bearings are packed and tightened with no scarring or anything, and I replaced the spindle bearings.
Now I have two issues.
1) My hubs dont *click* when I move them to the lock position. When I move them to the free position, there's a physical and audiable *click* like it was meant to be. For the locked position, there's no click and i can move it right off the locked position relatively easily.
2) With the hubs locked (or whatever I'm actually doing moving them to "lock" on the face) the front end makes a grind/humming noise while its rolling at 20-30mph. I'm pretty sure at least one of the hubs actually locks, 'cause the truck bucks and jerks when I make sharp turns (in both directions) but i havent had it on a lift to actually make sure.
anyone have any clues? was gonna take apart the hub, but if I had a part to check out it'd be sweet
I've got a 1997 with a 4 liter, and a dana 35 with manual hubs.
I've changed the fluid (and found little wrong with the fluid when I did), I've checked all the ujoints, the pinion bearing has a very small amount of play (it moves less than half an inch up and down only), the wheel bearings are packed and tightened with no scarring or anything, and I replaced the spindle bearings.
Now I have two issues.
1) My hubs dont *click* when I move them to the lock position. When I move them to the free position, there's a physical and audiable *click* like it was meant to be. For the locked position, there's no click and i can move it right off the locked position relatively easily.
2) With the hubs locked (or whatever I'm actually doing moving them to "lock" on the face) the front end makes a grind/humming noise while its rolling at 20-30mph. I'm pretty sure at least one of the hubs actually locks, 'cause the truck bucks and jerks when I make sharp turns (in both directions) but i havent had it on a lift to actually make sure.
anyone have any clues? was gonna take apart the hub, but if I had a part to check out it'd be sweet