Stuck in 4wd lo

[kayakertom]

My '87 3 door with a d/r is stuck in 4wd lo. I have tried going in reverse and then pushing the lever; also tried lifting and rotating wheels but no luck so far.

 

Did a search and don't see any other tips.

[Spiffy]

are you sure the hi-lo linkage is working correctly?

 

 

--Spiffy

[kayakertom]

I haven't had the need to use it lately; on Sunday, I used it to drive up my car ramps to change the Oxygen sensor. Backed off and then when I went to gp to work on Tuesday, I tried going into fwd and while trying to disengage got it stuck in 4wd lo - will also go into the neutral point between lo and hi.

 

 

 

are you sure the hi-lo linkage is working correctly?

 

 

--Spiffy

[zukiru]

I read about some procedure where you rock the car to get it to un-stick.

[Spiffy]

will also go into the neutral point between lo and hi.

 

sound like the hi/lo linkage got out of whack... it's adjustable...

 

 

--Spiffy

[Phizinza]

Try shifting the 4wd/lo lever at speed, like 30mph. Drive in a straight line and use the clutch to shift out of low range. Then without the clutch just push really hard down on the lever for FWD again.

[kayakertom]

It turned out that one of the bolts in the gearshift brackets was in backwards and the threaded end stuck out just enough to block the hi/lo shaft from moving very much. I did the auto to d/r transmission swap 2 years ago and haven't had the interference problem until this week. Will keep it in fwd now until I get the time to reverse the bolt.