The Mutt
8th December 2014, 05:24 PM
G'Day Guys N' Gals
Not long ago while going out for a nice lunch with my wife there was a great bang from under the Rangie, we managed to roll into a bus stop out of the traffic.
When I look under the Rangie I expected a prop shaft to be in two pieces ... I was wrong, I engaged 1st gear made sure that High was selected ... no movement, tried low range and all the gears ... no movement, I then left it in 1st/High and looked underneath, the front prop shaft was spinning and the rear was still.
After I engaged the diff lock we drove home slowly using only front wheel drive without any problems or grinding noises ... not that you can hear a lot of noises over the 4BD1-T.
The thunderstorms and rain that have been giving us a pounding as well as work have made it a slow job to get the back cover off and remove the transfer case differential (no garage or carport), I finally managed to get things apart this afternoon, the oil had no extra bits of metal etc in it.
To avoid confusion my transfer case diff lock, I think it is also referred to as the 3rd Diff looks like this one.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/12/693.jpg
How do I test it out of the box, or am I blaming the wrong part!
Cheers
Glenn
Not long ago while going out for a nice lunch with my wife there was a great bang from under the Rangie, we managed to roll into a bus stop out of the traffic.
When I look under the Rangie I expected a prop shaft to be in two pieces ... I was wrong, I engaged 1st gear made sure that High was selected ... no movement, tried low range and all the gears ... no movement, I then left it in 1st/High and looked underneath, the front prop shaft was spinning and the rear was still.
After I engaged the diff lock we drove home slowly using only front wheel drive without any problems or grinding noises ... not that you can hear a lot of noises over the 4BD1-T.
The thunderstorms and rain that have been giving us a pounding as well as work have made it a slow job to get the back cover off and remove the transfer case differential (no garage or carport), I finally managed to get things apart this afternoon, the oil had no extra bits of metal etc in it.
To avoid confusion my transfer case diff lock, I think it is also referred to as the 3rd Diff looks like this one.
https://www.aulro.com/afvb/images/imported/2014/12/693.jpg
How do I test it out of the box, or am I blaming the wrong part!
Cheers
Glenn