djthumper said:
Did you try 4 low? Do you even know if your 4WD is even working? There are several of us that use ours off-road.
No, I didn't try 4 Low. It never occurred to me to try that. As I didn't think it would make any difference.
The motors whir, or at least did last summer, and the lights change as per the linked thread. But I didn't actually do any of the physical tests.
I've had it less than a year. The previous owner, who had it three years, told me the dealer did all the fluids. Yeah, right. So I had them all done including the transmission, front and rear diffs, transfer case and the coolant. Gotta do the brake fluid some time.
Sparky said:
How many miles on yours? Have you ever had that disconnect apart or serviced? They aren't designed too well and seem to need a rebuild every so often. If that malfunctions the power won't reach the front wheels.
Also, have you had the fluid changes on the transfer case done at the proper 50K intervals?
185K kms. Newish owner so the disconnect has probably never been apart or serviced.
When in 4WD I have had the jerking mentioned in another thread I read a few months back while doing tight parking lot type turns. So I assumed it was working.
Stupid question. When the linked thread states left side do they mean the drivers side or psgr side? That is do you mean left while facing forward or backwards?
Jkust said:
If the front wheel(s) weren't spinning, they can't have been engaged if you weren't moving. If you don't have a locking diff (or even an lsd as in the SS and the 9-7), you'd have a two wheel wonder at least..of course both rears can spin with an open diff on a slippery surface.
I have no idea if I have a locking diff or not. What do you mean by open diff?
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So is there some kind of locking differential or transfer case or some such? Should the front wheels have been spinning at least a little?