Transfer Case cable "button" gone...
JK Super Freak
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I still don't see how anything could possibly bind as long as you're going straight the whole time it's in 4HI. It's when you turn that it binds. As long as you're going straight everything is spinning the same speed anyway.
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"there is a little plastic "button" that connects the cable from the shifter to the transfer case"... That came off/broke for me about a month ago. Dealer told me the plastic piece had a "manufacturing defect".
I was on a gravel road, shifting thru 4hi-N-4lo and back when the damn shifter became "loose" in my hand and the t-case was stuck in neutral. Sitting on a backass road out in the boonies in 100deg heat with a jk that won't move sucks! Gave me my first opportunity to use the free roadside assistance... lol.
Thankfully I had no problems on my killer trip up in Colorado last week.
I was on a gravel road, shifting thru 4hi-N-4lo and back when the damn shifter became "loose" in my hand and the t-case was stuck in neutral. Sitting on a backass road out in the boonies in 100deg heat with a jk that won't move sucks! Gave me my first opportunity to use the free roadside assistance... lol.
Thankfully I had no problems on my killer trip up in Colorado last week.
JK Freak
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Huh?
It makes all the difference in the world. If the drive train is in torque-bind on a paved surface, you may have to find some dirt to get it out of 4hi or 4lo.
I agree a better part needs to be made. Plastic parts on a shift linkage is asking for trouble. It makes me want a spare, just in case.
It makes all the difference in the world. If the drive train is in torque-bind on a paved surface, you may have to find some dirt to get it out of 4hi or 4lo.
I agree a better part needs to be made. Plastic parts on a shift linkage is asking for trouble. It makes me want a spare, just in case.
JK Jedi Master
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Unless our JK's are a new beast, I have been shifting in and out of 4wd in vehicles on all kind of surfaces for the last 25 years or so and have had no problems with linkage breaking. Granted, you might have to roll forward or backward a little to engage or disengage but this "having to find some dirt" stuff is crap.
I have done this on all kinds of surfaces, too. It's always harder on pavement.
The OP was on pavement, and his linkage broke.
Where's the "CRAP" in that?
(other than the plastic part)
JK Freak
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Did the vehicles over the last 25 years have plastic in the linkage?
I have done this on all kinds of surfaces, too. It's always harder on pavement.
The OP was on pavement, and his linkage broke.
Where's the "CRAP" in that? (other than the plastic part)
I have done this on all kinds of surfaces, too. It's always harder on pavement.
The OP was on pavement, and his linkage broke.
Where's the "CRAP" in that? (other than the plastic part)
2. Disagree
3. Agree
4. Having to find dirt
JK Jedi Master
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JK Enthusiast
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Sorry, don't know the part number, but I know that some people have "fixed" the problem temporarily with a cotter pin...search on these forums for this issue and/or problems shifting into 4lo and you'll come across some threads talking about it.