No Joy! After dropping the Orion transfer and replacing the original output shaft with a new one along with a new HI/LO sleeve and working to meticulously put this together within all the defined specs, I pop out of 4Lo and 4Hi when decelerating or riding against the back pressure of the engine on a down slope.
Needless to say, I'm not too happy. I don't know where to even start since it pops out of both 4hi and 4lo. I think it might be different if it was one or the other but it both doesn't seem to make sense because the Hi/Lo sleeve is popping out to move both directions and not just one. I'm guessing it will pop out of 2Hi if it wasn't for these stock shifter bracket having the tab in place to prevent selecting 2 Lo.
I have the stock 4WD linkage so in the next day or two I'm going to try and disconnect the Hi/Lo linkage and see if the problem persists with no linkage connected. This will help identify if the linkage is playing a contributing role. If the problem persists without the linkage attached, this means the internal forces are exceeding the detention spring pressure and allowing the shift sleeve to pop to neutral.
Any other ideas for things to look at?
Needless to say, I'm not too happy. I don't know where to even start since it pops out of both 4hi and 4lo. I think it might be different if it was one or the other but it both doesn't seem to make sense because the Hi/Lo sleeve is popping out to move both directions and not just one. I'm guessing it will pop out of 2Hi if it wasn't for these stock shifter bracket having the tab in place to prevent selecting 2 Lo.
I have the stock 4WD linkage so in the next day or two I'm going to try and disconnect the Hi/Lo linkage and see if the problem persists with no linkage connected. This will help identify if the linkage is playing a contributing role. If the problem persists without the linkage attached, this means the internal forces are exceeding the detention spring pressure and allowing the shift sleeve to pop to neutral.
Any other ideas for things to look at?