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Old May 6, 2013 | 07:08 PM
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Transfer Case-Stuck in 4WD need some help

98 f150 automatic **** 4wd&t-case. Transfer case broke, truck didn't run for a year, rebuilt tcase got it running but now its driving in 4wd. I removed the shift colenoid(sorry about the mispell) and the shift motor is set in 2wd. It's not any fuse I've checked them. Any suggestions or solutions will be helpful I could use the input thanks
 
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Old May 6, 2013 | 07:17 PM
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Why do you think the truck is in 4wd?
 
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Old May 6, 2013 | 08:13 PM
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If you had the transfer case apart, the shaft that changes the power flow has either not been put back correct or some part is broken or the shaft has just not returned back to 2wd position.
Taking the motor off with the shaft in 4wd won't help the transfer case situation nor any electical power changes.
Try to return the shaft back to nornal.
If you can and there is nothing else wrong it should be back to 2wd.
I'm not sure I understand where your at with this so have patience.
What you have is two seperate actions going on, normally.
One is the electrical request to the GEM to opersate the motor and it's circuit board contacts and the mechanical changes that take place in the transfer case and the front alxe Actuator operation when the engine is running to make vacuum to operate it..
Good luck.
 
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Old May 6, 2013 | 08:46 PM
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Originally Posted by kingfish51
Why do you think the truck is in 4wd?
It's making all kinds of noise when I make a turn and its just real tourqey.
 
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Old May 6, 2013 | 09:50 PM
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That may not be the problem. To ensure that it is truly in 4wd, you need to get all the wheel off the ground and test if the front wheels turn in 2wd. If so then it is a TC problem. Other problems that you may have if they do not turn, is bad CV joints. Check the CV boots for breaks or leaks. With the wheels off the ground, turn the front tires. If you get noise, it problem is bad CV joints or bearings.
 
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Old May 7, 2013 | 04:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Bluegrass
If you had the transfer case apart, the shaft that changes the power flow has either not been put back correct or some part is broken or the shaft has just not returned back to 2wd position.
Taking the motor off with the shaft in 4wd won't help the transfer case situation nor any electical power changes.
Try to return the shaft back to nornal.
If you can and there is nothing else wrong it should be back to 2wd.
I'm not sure I understand where your at with this so have patience.
What you have is two seperate actions going on, normally.
One is the electrical request to the GEM to opersate the motor and it's circuit board contacts and the mechanical changes that take place in the transfer case and the front alxe Actuator operation when the engine is running to make vacuum to operate it..
Good luck.
I'm thinking its the shift motor, either its bad or wasnt assembled back into the transfer case correctly. I'm trying to cover everything so on another hand the truck hadn't run for an entire year so the brakes are also sticky, not so sticky that I can't stop or anything. When I was test driving it, it would make a rubbing/screaching noise when I made turns, reversing out of my driveway the tires squiled a lil but after going around the block a couple times I threw it in R for half a block and it was fine, at a complete stop I punched it and normally my tires would squil but they didn't, I tried brake-tourqing but the truck just slowly moved forward usually the tires spin, I just tried things that I can do in 2w and not in 4w but idk if those things didn't work bc of that or could it have been bc of the brakes sticking a bit?
 
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Old May 7, 2013 | 09:54 AM
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