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Shadetree Mechanic
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A quick test for 4wd: **WARNING: improper execution of this could cause damage to driveline components. Myself nor anyone associated with ford-Rangers.com is responsible should damage occur. **
-go to an open and dry parking lot (might be hard to find if it just snowed)
-put the truck in 4wd hi
-IDLE forward. (Idling here is key)
-begin turning the wheel so that the truck drives in a progressively tighter circle.
-continue until the drive line begins to bind up (you'll feel it and the truck will begin to slow down)
-AS SOON AS THE BINDING STARTS, STOP!! If you keep binding the driveline up it will eventually break something. That is why you are idling. At idle there shouldn't be enough force to break anything, but don't push it. Once you have your proof 4wd is working, stop.
-take the truck out of 4wd, and BACK UP in the same path you you just took. This will ensure the tcase disengages.
-congrats, your 4wd work
-if the binding doesn't happen, then your 4wd probably isn't working. A common cause is the electric shift motor on the back of the transfer case.
Last edited on Fri Jan 12th, 2018 07:00 pm by Jimmyspy
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