94RangerGuy
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- Pittsburgh, PA
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- 1999
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- Manual
The other day I went to pull sections of a large tree up over the hill, courtesy of the remnants of Hurricane Ike, so that I could cut them up with a chainsaw. As I hooked onto the first chunk and began to pull, I came to the realization that my 4 wheel drive was not working. I have a 94 Ranger with a D35 up front and Warn manual hubs. The transfer case engages and sends the power to the front axle but the power is not transmitted to the wheels. I get a periodic grinding noise. When I rolled under the truck, I noticed that I can spin the right axle shaft (passenger side) and hold the passenger side axle shaft where the axle exits the differential still. The point at where the two parts quit moving as one is inside a rubber boot. In the link the part that I am refering to is the rubber boot and Keystone Clamp (diagram from TRS technical library) - http://www.therangerstation.com/tech_library/diagrams/as2.GIF
Since I have never torn the axle apart, what would one expect is the failure and how do I go about replacing. I guess I really don't know how the two shafts are connected to each other. If I pull everything off the passenger side, will the entire shaft pull out of the passenger side of the differential or is it locked into the differential somehow?
Secondly, while I have it apart what all should I look at replacing. The truck has 200k miles and the wheel bearings have been replaced within the last 20k miles or so.
Thanks in advance...
Since I have never torn the axle apart, what would one expect is the failure and how do I go about replacing. I guess I really don't know how the two shafts are connected to each other. If I pull everything off the passenger side, will the entire shaft pull out of the passenger side of the differential or is it locked into the differential somehow?
Secondly, while I have it apart what all should I look at replacing. The truck has 200k miles and the wheel bearings have been replaced within the last 20k miles or so.
Thanks in advance...