transmission troubles (1 Viewer)

[tedwillows]

Hello , New member here I live in the mountains of Crete ,Greece and grow olives and grapes, it gets muddy here in the winter and you need a good truck to get about
I have a Mazda B2500 diesel 4x4 pickup
with a problem , lately I have felt that 4 wheel drive has not been right. So today I jacked the truck up on blocks and locked the Aisin hubs, engaged low range 4 wheel drive, started it up and had a good nose about underneath...
Well, the propshaft to the front diff is turning. The drive shafts to the front wheels don't turn unless I unlock the front hubs, but even when the shafts turn the wheels stay put. So hubs I think. The shafts seem to be merely drifting, and not driven. Next, I switch off and rotate the driver's side wheel – the drive shaft turns (?) It seems that the driver's side wheel IS locking onto the shaft.
Then I do the same with the other wheel but the shaft doesn't turn (???) Now I am puzzled. Start it up again and with handy piece of timber I find that I can stop the drive shaft turning with very very little effort, so they must be just drifting round with no drive as such. What can I deduce from this ? I think the passenger side hub is broken PLUS there is a problem in the front diff or the drive shafts.
Thoughts anyone? ... jeff...

 

[Jimmiee]

If the front drive shaft is turning at least one axle must turn. If both axles are stopped your front diff is blown unless there is an inner axle disconnect. Can you see both axles where they exit the front diff? If so the next step is to inspect the front diff.

 

[tedwillows]

Well after a bit of messing about I meet a local guy who knows about these trucks It took him half an hour to fix it , the asin hubs had become clogged up with fine slit and clay so they did not lock in. He cleaned them put them back together and asked me for ten Euros I gave him Twenty and next time I'm passing his workshop I'll drop in and give him some of our wine ....top man ...