2001 ram 4x4
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I would start by checking the vacuum connection on the front axle. If it's on there good, inspect the lines to the t case. One of those hard plastic lines on my truck had broken a few years ago and I fixed it with some heat- shrink wrap. It never failed again. If it was a shifter linkage problem or something internal, I would think you would hear or feel it when you shifted.