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I'm typing in reference to the truck on my profile.
I got rid of the vacuum hubs and threw on some AVM 470s. I'm currently in a situation where I'm fed up with all things going on with this truck at the moment and I'm going to sell it to purchase a late model F150. I would like to get maximum funding for my new truck in return for selling my old one so I'd like everything to work. Anywho, the truck currently has 177k on the clock and has never been wheeled rough. 1st owner drove to Penn. to get to some creek or river for the purpose of using his Kayak. 2nd owner drove to and from school. I'm the 3rd and currently have gone off road quite a bit but never anything rough or deep. Here's the situation.
I engage the electronic switch and press the clutch pedal inward to switch into 4 high, says it works with the PVH tubes plugged via silicone and a large wood screw combination and the manual hubs locked in. I put it in reverse to lock the hubs in and bingo, the dashboard lighting up says I'm pretty much good to go. I then want 4 low. I do the usual, come to a complete stop press both the clutch and brake pedal and it goes into the low gear range. I pull forward at the slow speed driven by the different gear ratio. Wonderful right? I've been easily stuck 3 times now in 4-6 inches of snow in which should have been stupid easy to climb right through.
(BTW, I was curious to whether or not the transfer case is engaging and my friend got underneath her and listened. It clicked and sounded like it did it's job. The relay sounds fine as well.)
So I though I would jack the truck up to check to see if anything is spinning. It was getting dark so I half assed it with cinder blocks and put the front end in the air. My father watched and said neither front tire was spinning at 4hi or 4low. I also checked the CVs to see if they would spin with the hub's engagement. I had a problem with the passenger side prior to replacing the hub assemblies in which where it would try to spin the axle every time. It was mainly due to corrosion on the hub side of the knuckle. Anyways, I checked them again and the passenger side wouldn't spin unless the hub was engaged but the driver side wouldn't spin either way. So now I'm kind of pissed and don't really want to take it apart. I know I probably should have gone to a mechanic for him to lift it up to see the drive shaft spin if it were possible to check, but I was in a hurry. So now I'm stuck with a sort of incapable truck till I buy the new to me one.
Anyone got any ideas?
I got rid of the vacuum hubs and threw on some AVM 470s. I'm currently in a situation where I'm fed up with all things going on with this truck at the moment and I'm going to sell it to purchase a late model F150. I would like to get maximum funding for my new truck in return for selling my old one so I'd like everything to work. Anywho, the truck currently has 177k on the clock and has never been wheeled rough. 1st owner drove to Penn. to get to some creek or river for the purpose of using his Kayak. 2nd owner drove to and from school. I'm the 3rd and currently have gone off road quite a bit but never anything rough or deep. Here's the situation.
I engage the electronic switch and press the clutch pedal inward to switch into 4 high, says it works with the PVH tubes plugged via silicone and a large wood screw combination and the manual hubs locked in. I put it in reverse to lock the hubs in and bingo, the dashboard lighting up says I'm pretty much good to go. I then want 4 low. I do the usual, come to a complete stop press both the clutch and brake pedal and it goes into the low gear range. I pull forward at the slow speed driven by the different gear ratio. Wonderful right? I've been easily stuck 3 times now in 4-6 inches of snow in which should have been stupid easy to climb right through.
(BTW, I was curious to whether or not the transfer case is engaging and my friend got underneath her and listened. It clicked and sounded like it did it's job. The relay sounds fine as well.)
So I though I would jack the truck up to check to see if anything is spinning. It was getting dark so I half assed it with cinder blocks and put the front end in the air. My father watched and said neither front tire was spinning at 4hi or 4low. I also checked the CVs to see if they would spin with the hub's engagement. I had a problem with the passenger side prior to replacing the hub assemblies in which where it would try to spin the axle every time. It was mainly due to corrosion on the hub side of the knuckle. Anyways, I checked them again and the passenger side wouldn't spin unless the hub was engaged but the driver side wouldn't spin either way. So now I'm kind of pissed and don't really want to take it apart. I know I probably should have gone to a mechanic for him to lift it up to see the drive shaft spin if it were possible to check, but I was in a hurry. So now I'm stuck with a sort of incapable truck till I buy the new to me one.
Anyone got any ideas?
