Transfer case "POP" and now it wont move

[SoundPer4mance]

Hello all, long time no see for a few of you, I used to be MONOCHROMOUS, im sure only a few remember (bobsride.com)

Anyway, my explorer has been doing pretty bad, my brother drove it through some water and since then the carpet has rotted up and we had to replace the wiring harness and computer. And this thing is just a lease...

So i got it stuck on the beach last night, and put it into neutral, shifted into 4 low, waited a second for it to engage, shifted it back into drive, hit the gas, and POP, now it doesnt move.

It will still cycle through 2wd, 4hi, 4lo, wont move in any, forward or reverse. Park will hold, neutral will let it roll, we had to pull it all the way home.

Now my best guess is the transfer case, and im not sure if this case has the chain like my bronco, but my best case scenario is the chain broke and didnt damage anything, i should be able to replace it.

It could be the transmission too, since when i rev it in gear, it comes down slow like it has a load on it.

Who knows, hopefully someone here does!!

 

[Billy177]

i belive that these cases have the chain also my guess would be that that broke drain the fluid and see what comes out

 

[Doug]

i doubt it's the chain in the transfercase it definantly sounds like something with the transmission. if the chain snapped the rear tires would still turn. i'm assuming you dont hear amd strange noises?

 

[SoundPer4mance]

i dont hear any strange noises now, i also dont think its the transmission, since the engine has a load on it in drive and reverse, my best guess is the internals are still spinning in the trans.

at this point my guess is the output shaft from the trans, or input to the transfercase, somewhere in there. dont know how to drop the tcase though

anyone know how to drop the t-case

 

[Doug]

if you snapped the output shaft trust me you'd know, i know from experience. to remove the t-case you have to unbolt both driveshafts, disconnect the electrical harness and then there are 5 bolts that hold the t-case to the transmission. if you got basic hand tools its not hard to do. first time i ever removed the t-case it took me about an hour, now i can do it in 20 minutes.