Ok guys so I'm stumped with this one, so I am currently having a problem with the the 4wd just disengaging on its own I won't go back in?? I can pull it out of the garage and lock it in and it's fine stays locked, get moving around for a little while thru the snow and suddenly it just looses engagement but the indicator is still showing its engaged? So I try disengaging it and u can hear the actuator doing its thing then try reengaging it and the actuator again makes the sound of engaging but still won't go into gear?
So put it up on jack stands in the garage spin the front wheels in 2wd and they both turn normal no noises, put in 4wd and it sounds as tho the sliding collar isn't sliding easily enough cuz it's kinda hesitant and doesn't engage right away but it does lock then go to unlock and spin the front wheel I can hear a gear noise in front diff as if the sliding collar for the 4wd is still touching the shaft inside, then it slowly slides away and it's quiet again.
I guess the end result of this problem is its dropping 4wd randomly and doesn't want to go back in , when out in the snow??
Could this possibly be a oil problem? Being that these diffs are just straight gears inside and that there is no clutch packs, and being that the oil should be fairly thin for easy movement I just filled it with a generic transmission/hydraulic oil that we run in the tractors. Could this be the issue? But why would it just slowly slip out of gear while being engaged? And not reengage after?
When it is warm in the garage up on stands it seems to work just fine.
What do u guys think? Anyone else experience this?
Thanks
Tim
So put it up on jack stands in the garage spin the front wheels in 2wd and they both turn normal no noises, put in 4wd and it sounds as tho the sliding collar isn't sliding easily enough cuz it's kinda hesitant and doesn't engage right away but it does lock then go to unlock and spin the front wheel I can hear a gear noise in front diff as if the sliding collar for the 4wd is still touching the shaft inside, then it slowly slides away and it's quiet again.
I guess the end result of this problem is its dropping 4wd randomly and doesn't want to go back in , when out in the snow??
Could this possibly be a oil problem? Being that these diffs are just straight gears inside and that there is no clutch packs, and being that the oil should be fairly thin for easy movement I just filled it with a generic transmission/hydraulic oil that we run in the tractors. Could this be the issue? But why would it just slowly slip out of gear while being engaged? And not reengage after?
When it is warm in the garage up on stands it seems to work just fine.
What do u guys think? Anyone else experience this?
Thanks
Tim