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Old Nov 5, 2011 | 09:45 PM
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Transfercase will go into 2hi 4 hi and neutie but not 4lo linkage is tight triged yankin on it won't shift in 4 lo while rolling. Or neutral. No popping. Nothing. :-(

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Old Nov 5, 2011 | 10:21 PM
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Mine is somewhat tricky... Try from a stop. Foot on brake go into neutral then give it a shot. She should go thats usually how mine goes in for me. Good luck!
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Old Nov 5, 2011 | 11:03 PM
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Can't even get mine into N let alone 4Lo.
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Old Nov 6, 2011 | 01:20 AM
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May want to check the linkage next to the transfer case. It's adjustable and yours may have slipped or been previously misadjusted. Simple to check.
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Old Nov 6, 2011 | 01:36 AM
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Check linkages, I have seen change fall into the shifter area and cause them to not move. I dug 2buxs or so outta mine.
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Old Nov 6, 2011 | 01:51 AM
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It goes down there fine if linkage ain't hooked up I got into 4lo with asledgehammer ana beat the badussy out of it hooked it back up. Put in rev it slipped. Bk into neutie. It did fine till I put the 2 bolts that hold the tranny mount on the tranny on I guess it was fd up in the getgo
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Old Nov 6, 2011 | 01:52 AM
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May judt be the lingage idk
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Old Nov 6, 2011 | 01:53 AM
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Originally Posted by papaj
Mine is somewhat tricky... Try from a stop. Foot on brake go into neutral then give it a shot. She should go thats usually how mine goes in for me. Good luck!
Pops I tried it
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Old Nov 6, 2011 | 01:58 AM
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[QUOTE=smokinjoe;1304336]May want to check the linkage next to the transfer case. It's adjustable and yours may have slipped or been previously misadjusted. Simple to check.[/QUote.

the linkage arm is in the slot n tried to adjus n it
with lo luck on the shiftier

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Old Nov 6, 2011 | 09:34 PM
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How do you check the linkage?
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Old Nov 7, 2011 | 12:47 AM
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also, are you going to the side or just trying to ram the stick back?
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Old Nov 10, 2011 | 02:54 AM
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also, are you going to the side or just trying to ram the stick back?
I fixed it
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