4x4...confused.

[Jraymer360]

truck won't go into 4x4..at least i think it isn't getting power to the wheels.

transfer case shifts...it has manual hubs.

what should i look for, in the hubs ..stripped gears, or what.
can't really open it without getting the axle apart..and i don't want to do that without knowing for sure that it's the internals of the axle.
the pinion bearing is toast...i can move it about 1.5 inches around in each direction.

 

[brinker88]

Jack up the front with the hubs locked and the truck in 4x4. Try spinning the front wheel. If you ARE in 4x4, the front driveshaft should spin.

 

[adsm08]

Jack up the front with the hubs locked and the truck in 4x4. Try spinning the front wheel. If you ARE in 4x4, the front driveshaft should spin.

Easier way to check engagement is to put it in 4x4 with hubs unlocked and then roll the truck by hand, you should be able to see the front shaft move.

Then take it out of 4x4 and try to spin the shaft with the hubs locked. If you can spin it by hand and the axles move but don't lock up, you have a hub problem.

 

[cdawall]

Put the whole truck on jacks see if the front and rear wheels move. I doubt you have a locked front so the situation you were in could make it seem like no power to the front.

If I had to guess I would pull the hubs long before I pulled the thirdmember. Manual or auto doesn't mean they aren't cheap piles of shit that fail.

 

[Jraymer360]

Put the whole truck on jacks see if the front and rear wheels move. I doubt you have a locked front so the situation you were in could make it seem like no power to the front.

If I had to guess I would pull the hubs long before I pulled the thirdmember. Manual or auto doesn't mean they aren't cheap piles of shit that fail.

i'll lift it up and check it out...and i'll pull the hubs later. either way i need a pinion bearing and i can get a damn good looking front pig for 46 dollars from the junk yard tomorrow...i'm going to just do that because it's probably cheaper.

i'm not saying my manual hubs are great...as they look like warn knock offs , but i figured it'd be easier to tell if they were broken then auto's. this assumes you take off the hub and look at it..i never thought of engaging it and stuff.

 

[Jraymer360]

well i put the truck in neutral and locked the hubs..they say warn on them just the warn letter paint is warn out..yay.

when i moved the truck it only moved so far and felt like it was binding, so it isn't the hubs. i saw the shafts move as well.