Is this a transfer box problem ? help please? | Ford Explorer Forums

  • Register Today It's free!

Is this a transfer box problem ? help please?

Tazkb

Member
Joined
June 22, 2011
Messages
44
Reaction score
0
City, State
Bolton Lancashire UK
Year, Model & Trim Level
1997
Hi guys, last week the 4.0L 97 explorer of mine failed it's m.o.t. it needed welding around the bottom of the left hand wheel well/sill area, this was completed and it then passed it's m.o.t. then the day after when I wen't for a drive as I turned out of the drive there was a terrible juddering, as though one of the brakes was stuck on at the rear ? when I got onto the road it seemed ok then as I made a tight turn the juddering started again, it seemed to come from the middle of the car but again felt as though one wheel wasn't turning properly as though it had a locked rear diff ? it's fine in a straight line and normal corners but any slow turns set of the juddering ? iv'e tried engaging 4 wheel drive, when I do the light comes on but you can't feel anything, (my friends explorer makes a noise, flashing 4x4 light then stays on) engaging low 4 wheel drive makes a clunk
iv'e tried all modes, iv'e tried going backwards in all modes, iv'e pulled the main fuses under the hood all ok, so what could it be ? it changes gear fine and smooth, what could it be ? any help would be appreciated, thankyou
 



Join the Elite Explorers for $20 each year or try it out for $5 a month.

Elite Explorer members see no advertisements, no banner ads, no double underlined links,.
Add an avatar, upload photo attachments, and more!
.





From your description, it does sound like it's stuck in 4wd...
 






Have you tried disconnecting the battery for a bit?
 






just done that today so will see what happens later, thing is the 4wd light isn't staying on, it goes off when you switch to auto ?
 






can you manually take it out of 4wd ? i was told there was an electric motor that you can remove and manually wind it back into 2 wheel drive ?
 






You can do that on a standard 4x4 t-case, but I don't know anything about the awd cases.
 






can you manually take it out of 4wd ? i was told there was an electric motor that you can remove and manually wind it back into 2 wheel drive ?

True.
 






1997 4.0L has an electric shift T case not an AWD T case.

so you can remove the electric motor and shift it into 2wd
 






thanks guys that is a big help
 






Featured Content

Back
Top