76ANTHONY

the lock lite is on and when i do a u-turn it grabs up front like a sputtering grab. the 4wd handle is all the way frwrd and down, wth am i doing wrong here?

76ANTHONY

oh and its a 87 waggy stock.

Belto

try running in reverse for a few meters sometimes that helps

Metmknice

throw it in 4wd and drive forward a bit, then throw it back into 2wd and back up til the light goes off.

76ANTHONY

ok, first thing in the morning im gonna go do this...
thanks guys

gmsween

try to do a burnout... if you cant than your in 4wd..... thats how i always do it..

hubbazoot

Those do wonders for your clutch when you're on pavement....

I'd recommend a patch of dirt/mud/snow for this.

XJ?2010

Dont do a burn out thats a lot of stress on pavement besides if your braking during it it wont tell you anything when ever mine sticks i do rock it back in forth forward and reverse for around 50 feet in each direction it works pretty well

good luck

1987XJ

put it in neutral and then into drive, the engine putty a load on the tranny can make it come out of 4wd

1987XJ

you could have a vaccum leak in the accuator lines

76ANTHONY

didnt get a chance to do anything today, i'll get on this tomorrow, tough workin 17 hour days for now

hubbazoot

Takes 30 seconds on the way home. If you really are stuck in 4wd, I'd get this checked out sooner over later. It could cause problems.

76ANTHONY

lol, no it doesnt take 30 seconds on the way home, i drive my company van.
the jeeps for fun and on the weekends, not a dd. and i have the front end taken off so no headlights, i dont want to hit a kid in the neighborhood, i will try today though, thanks you guys

hubbazoot

Tape a flashlight to the hood!

Good luck, let us know how it goes.

X-J

My light was on also, but I think that the axle motor was stuck, after reading and messing with the hoses and going forward and reverse for half the day the light works now , but it was like that when i bought it a couple weeks ago, in the process i made this diagram, maybe it will help. the diagrams online and in the book didn't tell you everything.
-only thing is that if the blue line hooks up to anything.
-and when the vacuum motor dose ever go out im going to a cable setup,
Do you have Command-Trac 0r Select-Trac ?
You can apply vacuum to unlock the axle, and raise up the right front and turn the front wheel to verify.