Been lurking for a while, bought my first dodge ever last month a 2005 quad cab 4x4. Absolutley love the truck. For some reason since I bought the truck I never tried the 4 lo. Tried the 4 hi before I bought it and it works fine, but the shifter will not go into 4 lo however hard I try to push it. So my question to you experts is what might be the problem and how can I fix it? Thanks
Andrew in Kentucky

 

Must be stopped and in neutral. You can shift in 4 high on the fly, as long as you are below 20mph (too fast bad things can happen).

 

how are you trying to push it into 4low? the 05's with the manual transfer case usually requires you to put it in drive than go forward at about 5-10 mph and put in neutral and than shift it into 4low/high. but just noting that.

 

+1 Don't shift going to fast!!!!

 

exactly

 

ok, was in the yard yesterday, put the truck in nuetral, and shifted to 4 hi just fine, drove a few feet in 4 hi stopped, put back in neutral and wont push up into 4 lo. Am I missing something ????

 

Yep you sure are.
You MUST be rolling at about 3-5mph before you slide it into 4-lo.
It won't go into lo when stopped!
The sequance should be as follows.

Whilst moving forward at about 3-5 mph, put your column shifter into neutral.
Then EASE the 4wd shifter on the transmission tunnel into neutral then lo.
Then put your column shifter back into drive and all should be good.
You MUST also do this proceedure, to get back into 2wd hi.
Be patient and practise and go easy, when moving the ratio shifter into the various 4wd hi 2wd neutral and 4wd lo positions.
If you here ANY ginding or gear crunching, ease it back.
Hope this helps?
Al.

 

Thanks for the help, will try out this evening.

 

Mine goes in just fine when stopped....its hard to coast 2-3 mph in neutral going uphill.

 

Yeah, I never have put 4low in while moving... kinda defeats the purpose of having the lower gearing. If I was out wheeling in 4high, got jammed up on an obstical and need lower gearing to get out of it, you would need to be able to shift into 4low while stopped. I have shifted into 4 low without issue when stopped.