I have a 97' 5.2L 5-speed 4x4 truck. I have recently changed the transfercase. Old one was leaking from a crack. Problem that I am having now is placing the pinion gear that attaches to the VSS on the transfercase. I can not seem to get the gears to hook up. Is there an easy way to do this while the transercase is installed? Or do I need to drop the entire unit out again and try to install the VSS (housing and pinion gear).

Any help would be better than trial and failure. I have to get this fixed since my speedo does not work and the truck stalls at every stoplight. Thanks for the help in advance.

If this has been talked about before, please direct me to that thread. Searched for an hour, but can not find anything that helps.

 

104 views, not one opinion. Thanks ppl.

 

r u referring to shift motor as VSS?? if so u can pull it w/ transfer case in just drop rear of front driveshaft.... almost sounds like it is not indexed correctly upon installation, I called dealership for proper index position, there's 4 positions on mine..or r u speakin of rear ABS sensor which is located on top of rear pinon gear

 

Eric, the VSS is the Vehicle Speed Sending Unit. Most of us have it on top of the axle, but some have it on the tailshaft/transfarcase instead.

I prefer having it on the axle myself, but that's beside the point.

 

okay thanx for the info.. my 99 on top of axle so is my 02..what threw me i never knew of em being on the transfer case.. learn something new every day..

 

Mine's on the transfer case. It's pretty nice because you can change speedometer gears to correct the speedometer in about two minutes.

To the OP, do you have the gear housing in the right position? It needs to be rotated, depending on the number of teeth (marked on the outside).