ok im going to my local fishing hole ...an theres a nice stretch of mud an water...so im creepin at like 5 mph an i shift into 4wd an i hear a grinding noise then ...nothin...i shift out then back in ...it goes forward loke 1 foot then stops...same thing in reverse...please help

 

any body

 

Check your t-case shifter linkage, maybe it's not engaging all the way. Is the problem with 4h or 4lo or both?

 

both...also the front drive shaft has alot of play..almost turns 1/2 a turn

 

Is the play in the transfer case side or pinion side?? Maybe a lunched front axle? Or the transfer case itself went? Chain maybe?

 

the whole thing turns alost a half turn

 

also if i have it in drive then shift into 4 h it moves forward slightly...then stops then shift back to 2 h i have to also shift the transmision to n then back to d.......an when its in 4 h an i hit the gas the back pinion acts like it wants to move an moves just a mil but doesnt move

 

ok i put transmission fluid in an it fixed the problem....so i go back to the same hole to make sure it worked....half way thriugh it stoped workin.......wtf...so now ill check the gear oil in the axle

 

ok i checked the front axles fluids an on the end of the plug...wich is magnetic is a crap loadd of metal shavings ....when i get paid on wedsday the covers coming off an its getting cleaned.....wht type of gear lube should i use an wht else should i do while im in there

 

ok i try in use 4wd an it grinds as it shifts...then stops workin....i go back home an try again i shift in 4 h while in d an nothin happens truck doesnt budge ,,shift back to 2h an nothin... back to n then d an it moves,i put in some tranny fluid an every thing works again,then it stops workin....please help

 

have you checked your 4WD linkage? my link rod was bent in half and i had grinding when i went into 4HI.

 

it seems ok.... its reely reely loose. it shifts ok but the truck doesnt move

 

I merged the two threads together since they are both for the same problem.

 

thank ...i wuz hopeng to get more of a response by doing 2

 

Multiple post for the same problem just gets double the guesses and clutters up the forum. Hopefully someone with the proper knowledge will help proivide a solution to the issue and get you back on the road and the trail.