Remember to be really careful with the 4X4. I've only binded once, and I was in water an inch deep. Under most pavement conditions, you won't need four wheel drive.

 

if i can see blacktop, its in 2 wheel

snow and ice....depends on how much fun i want to have lol

mud...4x4, then i start slingin' the slop

 

ok well like i said there were no probs the day before never had a prob using 4x4 on dry pavement with any other vehicle but I will keep that in mind for the future, Hopefully that explains that problem I didn't get a chance to pull it inside today and I'm not opening the differential in the driveway when its only 15 out. I pretty much ruled out the cad as it worked normally the day before( but stranger things have happened hopefully tomorrow i can get it in the barn where theres heat. I'll let you guys know what i find tomorrow.

 

Ok so i tore into the truck today and the transfer case, differential, and cad are all working correctly I did notice the my axle shafts aren't lined up with each other the outer one has a little bit of play in it I have a pic but i haven't uploaded it yet. Just wondering if anyone knows how the shafts are supposed to stay in allignment I went to autozone and the were like wtf are you talking about. Also I noticed that my coolant is leaking down below where the thermostat is, not from the thermostat but if you looked down past the thermostat you would see it, I tried for a pic but a camera phone just didn't work.

 

Heres the pic like i said trying to figure out what is supposed to keep the shafts lined up so that the collar moves freely.

 

sry heres pic I need to know what keeps these axles in alignment.

 

man that thing is dirty.

the shift collar stays pinned to the intermediate shaft (the one on the left) via vacuum pressure and the shift fork. when you shift into 4x4, the collar is slapped over the passenger axle shaft and it connects the two axles through the carrier/shift collar. when the collar is slapped over, it has pressure on it so if the gears aren't lined up then they will be as soon as your wheel rotates.

here's what it should look like, nice clean diff fluid without all the crud in there

 

Okay see my outer shaft moves up and down preventing it from shifting over I don't see anything the holds yours in place, Is it possible that I'm missing a bearing or somthing. I guess i should have made that more clear, I wasn't talking about the gears lining up but the shafts themselves are not level with each other. If you look close at the pic you can see that the right one is dropped a little bit.

 

*bump* nobody knows what keeps these lined up.

 

the shift fork. you know that the collar and intermediate shaft have a bevel on them? that makes them line up and mesh together when pressed against each other.

i think i was wrong in my other post. it looks like the collar is actually pinned to the passenger axle shaft and when the 4x4 is engaged then it slaps over to the intermediate shaft.