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Title: four wheel drive
Post by: sidetracker17 on July 19, 2006, 09:32:16 PM

i have a 1989 suzuki sidekick and it wont lock into four wheel drive could anyone tell me what the problem is!!


                     it shifts into 4wd but the front wheels arent turning

Title: Re: four wheel drive
Post by: Digger on July 20, 2006, 09:10:41 AM

Not without some more information we couldn't... ::)

Title: Re: four wheel drive
Post by: Rhinoman on July 20, 2006, 09:57:29 AM

Has it got Free Wheeling Hubs they sometimes seize but can be regreased.

Title: Re: four wheel drive
Post by: purevil71 on July 20, 2006, 10:10:42 AM

is it, "T-case goes into 4wd, but front tires aren't pulling", or "won't shift into 4wd at all"?

Title: Re: four wheel drive
Post by: sidetracker17 on July 20, 2006, 05:37:53 PM

when i shift it into 4wd and turn the hubs to lock it still just spins the rear wheels and not the front ones.

Title: Re: four wheel drive
Post by: ruin9fy on July 20, 2006, 05:53:05 PM

Quote from: sidetracker17 on July 20, 2006, 05:37:53 PM

when i shift it into 4wd and turn the hubs to lock it still just spins the rear wheels and not the front ones.

Sounds like the problem i had with my tracker win i first got it id regrease ur hubs first easy to do
a couple of sockets and a allan key in like 8mm i think id clean with degreaser and some WD40  too and use a old tooth brush if u dont have a wire one that will fit in the space needen cleenen then just get a tub of valvoline uneversal grease.

grant

Title: Re: four wheel drive
Post by: Digger on July 21, 2006, 02:04:45 PM

Yeah, sounds like your hubs aren't engaging right, probably stuck. When you lock the hubs in and leave the tcase in 2wd, engine off, parked with the brake on, reach under the front end and try to turn by hand each front cv shaft. neither should be able to turn, but if one or both does, then that's the hub that needs cleaned out and relubed...

Title: Re: four wheel drive
Post by: purevil71 on July 22, 2006, 11:26:39 AM

lock them in, tap them with a BFH and see if the break loose.  Sometimes that works, other times you just need to take them apart and clean them really well (which would be a good idea either way).

Title: Re: four wheel drive
Post by: sidetracker17 on July 25, 2006, 08:49:16 AM

i did what you said and took them apart and cleaned them and that did the trick
        thanks for your help

Title: Re: four wheel drive
Post by: wildgoody on July 25, 2006, 09:27:24 AM

Another neglected and corraled to the street
SideKick has been set free to roam the hills  ;D

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