December 21, 2010

Hi All - I`m hoping someone can help me out. I tried to put my truck in four wheel drive last week after the snow storm. I heard it engage, the light on the dash turned on and I thought all was good. That is until my rear end started sliding all over the place. Turns out everything worked but the actual four wheel drive. I have done some searching around the net and it sounds like the problem is a broken/worn shift fork. Has anyone else had this problem? Can you give me an idea on how much this is going to cost to fix? Or does it sound like something else to you?? Thanks!

~Dave

December 21, 2010

what year is the truck ?

from what you posted it sounds like the hubs are not engaging. not sure but I believe there is a vacuum module under the hood on the 97 to 03 that activates the hubs.

December 21, 2010

It`s a 2002. I just had both front hub assemblies replaced in August. Maybe the installed them wrong???

December 21, 2010

anything is possible. once you engage 4x4 you need to drive forward a few feet for auto hubs to engage.

December 21, 2010

from the active topics page there is a search window. type in "hubs not engaging" and it will bring up a bunch of topics about 4x4 not engaging.

December 21, 2010

Yeah, I guess so... I drove it around a few miles, so they def should have engaged.

December 21, 2010

Thanks!

December 21, 2010

Well...I found a dollar amount..Looks like it is going to cost around $500 - 600....just in time for Christmas too

December 21, 2010

you might want to consider Warn manual hubs even though you just had new auto hubs installed

December 21, 2010

If I hadnt just dropped 700 bucks on new ones I would def consider it. I wish had gone with them back in August.

December 21, 2010

I just looked to see how much they would cost and they dont even make them for the 97 and up models.

December 21, 2010

Well...there goes that idea!