Looks like my transfer case has finally given it all up....
On my way home from work this afternoon, I thought I'd check out this dirt track that I'd been eyeing off for the past week or so. found it to be a lot of fun - an open sandy area surrounded by climbs of varying grade. Needless to say I gave them all a go, didn't go too hard though. Mostly in low range, 2nd or 3rd gear.
After having a bit of fun on the sandy hills, I set back for the road, just a short way off. So I tried to shift from low 4 to high 4, but the lever felt like it had no real resistance and kinda slopped over to the H4 side without any definite clicking. I thought it was odd, but knew there was something wrong for sure when I accelerated away and felt the truck was still in low 4.
I spent a good 30 minutes on the side of the road trying to get the transfer back into high range, I went underneath the car and checked the linkages and they all appear to be fine. I can easily push the high / low range selector on the T-case itself with my fingers, there is very little resistance. It shifts from 2 to 4 wheel drive fine. Occasionally it would shift into neutral.
In the end I had to crawl along the edge of the highway at about 30kph all the way home.
I have an H55f with T-case sitting out the back waiting to be put in. But I'm not sure I'm quite ready to do that yet though. So I was wondering if anyone here has had this problem or have heard of it before. It seems to me like the internal shifting lever has broken or disconnected. Is there anything anyone can think of to remedy my situation short of pulling the T-case and transmission off? The car is my daily driver so it means I'm going to be a little stuck!
On my way home from work this afternoon, I thought I'd check out this dirt track that I'd been eyeing off for the past week or so. found it to be a lot of fun - an open sandy area surrounded by climbs of varying grade. Needless to say I gave them all a go, didn't go too hard though. Mostly in low range, 2nd or 3rd gear.
After having a bit of fun on the sandy hills, I set back for the road, just a short way off. So I tried to shift from low 4 to high 4, but the lever felt like it had no real resistance and kinda slopped over to the H4 side without any definite clicking. I thought it was odd, but knew there was something wrong for sure when I accelerated away and felt the truck was still in low 4.
I spent a good 30 minutes on the side of the road trying to get the transfer back into high range, I went underneath the car and checked the linkages and they all appear to be fine. I can easily push the high / low range selector on the T-case itself with my fingers, there is very little resistance. It shifts from 2 to 4 wheel drive fine. Occasionally it would shift into neutral.
In the end I had to crawl along the edge of the highway at about 30kph all the way home.
I have an H55f with T-case sitting out the back waiting to be put in. But I'm not sure I'm quite ready to do that yet though. So I was wondering if anyone here has had this problem or have heard of it before. It seems to me like the internal shifting lever has broken or disconnected. Is there anything anyone can think of to remedy my situation short of pulling the T-case and transmission off? The car is my daily driver so it means I'm going to be a little stuck!
