After running my '99 Cherokee in part time 4wd most of the winter (use limited to snow plowing) I can't get the darn thing to kick into 2wd. I can shift between partial and full time 4wd, N and low ranges without problem. Feels like something is keeping the lever from dropping into 2wd. I've tried shifting tranny into neutral, rolling forward and backward, cursing, no luck. Any ideas?

 

just curse some more! hahahaha. no, it sounds like you have your linkage messed up a bit.

 

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