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Old 03-10-2009, 02:36 PM
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i discovered when i was out wheelin yesterday, that sometimes when i shift into 4low with my np242 it will pop out of gear making a bang loud noise and when i does that i still have power to the rear tire but you can hear the front driveshaft spinning in the t-case and no front tires spinning. What gives??
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you need to adjust your linkage
its not going all the way into low
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why would it work really well soemtimes and soemother times it pops out right when u hit the gas pedal
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i found this, could this be my problem?
http://www.myjeepxj.com/index.php?page=linkage-fix
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that could be it
I found that it depended on how the jeep was siting
some times it would lock in some times not

adjusting it fixed my problem
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thanks mike im gonna go out to the garage now and play with my shifter...linkage that is hopefully i can get it to work right
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do you have a TC drop that can make it shift bad to
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ya i have a 1.5" tc drop
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ya i have a 1.5" tc drop
that may be part of the problem

with the drop it makes intermediate shaft on a angle
and the linkage has a hard time pulling it the last little bit to lock into low

they make a bracket to fix the intermediate shaft angle
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Yep, adjust it, it should be fine. 1.5" drop is a lot!!
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Originally Posted by COSXJFAN
Yep, adjust it, it should be fine. 1.5" drop is a lot!!
dont listen to this guy! jk!
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Your muffler bearings must be worn out! you should replace them, and while your at it, change your headlight fluid, they dont seem to shine as bright at night anymore, and you might as well pick up a quart of elbow grease while your there just to make sure everything goes smoother while your doing this work! Just for good measure get a can of woop-*** too so you can beat up your friends when they make fun of you for trying to do all this!
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Your muffler bearings must be worn out! you should replace them, and while your at it, change your headlight fluid, they dont seem to shine as bright at night anymore, and you might as well pick up a quart of elbow grease while your there just to make sure everything goes smoother while your doing this work! Just for good measure get a can of woop-*** too so you can beat up your friends when they make fun of you for trying to do all this!


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