calling all 96 explorers

[frank jacobs]

I need help with my 96 x. If any of you guys could do me a favor, with your x parked , ign off, and x in park and 4wd switch in 2wd crawl under your explorer and see if you can rotate the FRONT drive shaft by hand. Im having trouble with my 4wd , i would swear that i was able to rotote that shaft in 2wd, now i cant and it seems that its stuck in 4wd and im geeting a heavy vibration at high speeds, which i think is because of this problem. if im correct then i guess ill have to bite the bullet and bring it to a dealer, unless one of you guys know something about it. Now i know in 4wd auto that shaft would not turn, which is normal.

thanks
\Guys

 

[NedFlanders]

Yes, I can turn it by hand as long as it's in 2wd..

(By driveshaft you mean the one from the transfercase to the front differential, right? not the axles from the front diff to the wheels...?) But still the driveshaft actually turns by itself when I drive, have no idea if i'm able to stop it by hand though, but I guess I could. Probarbly it has to rotate so it doesn't have break when you turn on your 4wd in like 50 mph or something.

Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I actually can't understand how it would be able to hang at all unless you maybe have bendt it or something..? As far as I understand, the power from the transfercase to the driveshaft is transferred through a magnetic clutch, and from the front diff to the axles through some vacum..eh...stuff ... It would sound more logical that there would be no 4wd at all if something were wrong.