Lock out for 4 wheel drive

[yellow dog 62]

I just tried to engage the 4 wheel drive on my recently acquired '88 model 62. When I tried to lock out the front wheels only 1 would lock. The other would move approximately 1/3 of the way. The PO had the front wheels repacked last June. Any help would be appreciated.

 

[Pluton]

1) Check to see if the hub whose handle won't turn all the way actually IS engaged...jack up front of vehicle, rotate wheel in question; if front propeller shaft rotates, hub may be stuck in LOCK(even if handle is set to free).
2) Try to extract a redo on the hub repack job 'cause they didn't put it back together correctly. It's probably just that one side that needs to be put back together again.

 

[Mace]

More likely than not, they were overgreased..

Piece of cake to pull the hubs apart and see what is wrong.

 

[lovetoski]

Probably it's that the Freewheel Hub was not assembled correctly. Pretty easy to take apart and reassemble.

 

[Tapage]

Probably it's that the Freewheel Hub was not assembled correctly. Pretty easy to take apart and reassemble.

aonther vote to this idea ... but IMOP ( personal experience and mechanical skills ) is not easy pullaut the hub, and disarm it. I try to do that .. and never can put it fine again ..

 

[yellow dog 62]

Hubs

Thanks guys. Just pulled the hub that wasn't working and found that whoever packed it for the PO put it back together wrong. I appreciate the replies.