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my passenger side front axle is not spinning. i have the vehicle up on jackstands with all the tires off. when in 4wd hi the passenger side front axle doesnt turn. i have tried hitting the brakes and that doesnt work. if i put it in 4lo will it turn then.? assuming everything else is right? help!!!!!!!!!!
Jack up the passenger front side only. Get under the vehicle and turn the front drive shaft by hand. and see if the axle turns too. If it doesn't turn like this, than something is wrong. Something would be busted in the diff.
Jack up the passenger front side only. Get under the vehicle and turn the front drive shaft by hand. and see if the axle turns too. If it doesn't turn like this, than something is wrong. Something would be busted in the diff.
the drivers front turns when in 4wd hi. i have all 4 up on stands running and in gear. everything is spinning EXCEPT the passenger front. when not in gear i turned the axle. that is fine. i just wondered if the differential is bad. how can i test that? with not having limited slip how do i creat a situation to transfer power to the passenger front while on stands?
the drivers front turns when in 4wd hi. i have all 4 up on stands running and in gear. everything is spinning EXCEPT the passenger front. when not in gear i turned the axle. that is fine. i just wondered if the differential is bad. how can i test that? with not having limited slip how do i creat a situation to transfer power to the passenger front while on stands?
That's what I'm telling you how to test. If you have only the front passenger wheel in the air, and you turn the front drive shaft by hand, the passenger side wheel should turn because that's how differentials work. The wheel with the least resistance will turn.
Alternatively, if you must have all wheels off the ground for some reason, if you can stop the driver side wheel from turning somehow it will create the same effect and should make the passenger wheel turn.
And as IZwack said it could be a hub issue, but then it would be your wheel not turning as apposed the axle.
These other guys are trying to steer you right. Remember that you have an open diff in the front, so both axles don't "have" to turn -- power/torque will follow the path of least resistance. It's not unusual, with no load on the tires, for one side to spin more easily than the other so that everything goes out one side. In order to test it, you need to drop the driver's wheel (or otherwise put some drag on it) to force something to go out the passenger side.
Its normal for the drivers front to be the more driven tire. Both wheels are turning probably because you have a posi rear.
If your axle code on the door frame is D4, then your truck came with a posi in the rear from the factory, in which case you also have 3.73 gears. This explains why both rears turn equally.
Be very very careful, but if you can stop the drivers side tire while running the truck, the other one should start spinning immediatly. You are witnessing why lockers are installed.
