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Old 08-01-2009, 03:27 PM
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Why doesn't my 4WD floor shifter go into low?
It goes into Hi just fine everytime no problem or sounds. When I get past N and try to shift over to Low it makes terrible racheting sounds. What is going on?
 
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Old 08-01-2009, 09:26 PM
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Hello? This mic on?
 
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Old 08-01-2009, 10:58 PM
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this happened to me recently and i took the truck to the ford store and i had to replace the fork that pushes it into 4wd. it was about $375 if remember correctly. hope this help some.
 
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Old 08-02-2009, 02:33 AM
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Originally Posted by TheGreenMachine
It goes into Hi just fine everytime no problem or sounds. When I get past N and try to shift over to Low it makes terrible racheting sounds. What is going on?
are you putting the truck in Neutral?

to shift into 4lo the truck has to be in neutral.

and its also really bad for the Transferrcase to engage on pavement, or other high traction areas.

 
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Old 08-02-2009, 11:55 AM
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to shift into 4lo the truck has to be in neutral.
And stopped with your foot on the brake.
 
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Old 08-02-2009, 04:00 PM
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Thanks guys I'm not sure what is wrong but I am trying to engage it correctly with it in N and foot on brake. I use to use it and it went in fine but now uh...... no.
 
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Old 08-02-2009, 05:27 PM
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the nut holding the steering wheel needs to be replaced
















it's probably the above mentioned fork
 
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Old 08-02-2009, 07:38 PM
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let me look through my receipts and ill get you the price of the part and labor at the local ford dealer.
 
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Old 08-02-2009, 07:41 PM
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just looked, the labor was $158.xx and the part itself was 196.xx coming to a total of 355.xx for rvrything installed. that fork is what physically pushes the TC into gear. so that most likely your problem.
 
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Old 08-04-2009, 10:21 PM
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Thanks Brad for the help and finding that for me. I will check into it.
 
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