Joeetogo90
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- Ripon, WI
- Year, Model & Trim Level
- 2001 Ford Explorer XLT
Hello,
I recently posted a thread about a nasty vibration with my explorer while accelerating and I noticed something with my 4X4 system and I'm not sure if this is an issue or not. I have a 2001 Explorer XLT (4.0l SOHC) and when I bought it the 4X4 lights would flash about 6 times every couple of minutes. When you would try to engage the 4WD nothing would happen. I ended up disconnecting the battery and when it was reconnected, the lights stopped flashing and you could here a clunk sound when it would switch from 4x4auto to low and when you switched it back from low to high and auto. It seems that ever since that happened, my truck started vibrating while accelerating and it's mainly noticeable when going from 25-50 mph then it kind of mellows out. I decided to take of the transfer case motor and noticed that there are 3 positions: L, N and H and the metal thing inside the transfer case is pointing to H so I'm assuming it's in 4X4 High even though the dash switch is in the automatic position. I grabbed the front drive shaft and i can rotate it left or right quite a ways before it stops. If the dash switch is on 4x4auto shouldn't the transfer case be in the N position(which I am assuming is neutral). The roads are dry here so there are no slick spots on the roads. I tried putting it from Auto to Low then back and you can here it engaging and disengaging but I don't think it's working properly. When it's in Low, the tires bind when I make tight turns but when I switch it to Auto the tires to do not bind even though the transfer case shows it's in 4X4 high. I do notice a whining sound from the truck when I accelerate also and I thought maybe this was a sign it was stuck in 4x4 besides the fact the transfer case is possibly showing that I am.
I recently posted a thread about a nasty vibration with my explorer while accelerating and I noticed something with my 4X4 system and I'm not sure if this is an issue or not. I have a 2001 Explorer XLT (4.0l SOHC) and when I bought it the 4X4 lights would flash about 6 times every couple of minutes. When you would try to engage the 4WD nothing would happen. I ended up disconnecting the battery and when it was reconnected, the lights stopped flashing and you could here a clunk sound when it would switch from 4x4auto to low and when you switched it back from low to high and auto. It seems that ever since that happened, my truck started vibrating while accelerating and it's mainly noticeable when going from 25-50 mph then it kind of mellows out. I decided to take of the transfer case motor and noticed that there are 3 positions: L, N and H and the metal thing inside the transfer case is pointing to H so I'm assuming it's in 4X4 High even though the dash switch is in the automatic position. I grabbed the front drive shaft and i can rotate it left or right quite a ways before it stops. If the dash switch is on 4x4auto shouldn't the transfer case be in the N position(which I am assuming is neutral). The roads are dry here so there are no slick spots on the roads. I tried putting it from Auto to Low then back and you can here it engaging and disengaging but I don't think it's working properly. When it's in Low, the tires bind when I make tight turns but when I switch it to Auto the tires to do not bind even though the transfer case shows it's in 4X4 high. I do notice a whining sound from the truck when I accelerate also and I thought maybe this was a sign it was stuck in 4x4 besides the fact the transfer case is possibly showing that I am.