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Car Forum / Ford / Ford Explorer / December 20041994 explorer auto hubs grinding
when i engage the 4x4 it works fine but i am concerned out the slight griding noise i hear and feel in the gas petal, is this normal? I assume with the 4x4 on i should experience a different feel in the gas peddle. It engages and disengages fine. The only other thing is when i turn over 1/2 way to the right or left, it feels like the ujoint have to pop back. this i know is normal since one wheel is turning faster than the other but i am concerned about snapping the ujoints. any idieas? Dump the auto hubs... sounds like one of them isn't releasing. Warn manual hubs are the way to fly..... Google hubs in this NG and you will see it is a very, very common problem. > when i engage the 4x4 it works fine but i am concerned out the slight > griding noise i hear and feel in the gas petal, is this normal? I assume [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > any idieas? > Dump the auto hubs... sounds like one of them isn't releasing. Warn manual > hubs are the way to fly..... Google hubs in this NG and you will see it is a [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] >> >>any idieas? I am going to dump my flaky autohubs for warn manual hubs. I'm thinking of replacing the 4 WD shift motor with a floor lever too. Is this possible? advisable? hard to do? (1994 Explorer XL, automatic transmission). >when i engage the 4x4 it works fine but i am concerned out the slight >griding noise i hear and feel in the gas petal, is this normal? I assume [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > >any idieas? 4x4 should only be engaged on a surface where the wheels can slip; it sounds like you're doing this on pavement or some other surface that won't let the wheels slip. Am I close?  SignatureBill Funk Change "g" to "a" Rereading his inital question, I think you're on the trail, Bill... Happy Father is learning about driveline windup... >>when i engage the 4x4 it works fine but i am concerned out the slight >>griding noise i hear and feel in the gas petal, is this normal? I assume [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > won't let the wheels slip. > Am I close? i used the 44 last night and it engages and disengages just fine. i live in canada and we are starting to get snow. I guess i didnt explain clearly what i am concerned about. When i engage the 4x4 and it engages fine it feels and sounds like friction almost grinding. I can turn left or right to about 80% anymore and the ujoints have to "hop". > when i engage the 4x4 it works fine but i am concerned out the slight > griding noise i hear and feel in the gas petal, is this normal? I assume [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > any idieas? >i used the 44 last night and it engages and disengages just fine. i live in >canada and we are starting to get snow. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] >grinding. I can turn left or right to about 80% anymore and the ujoints >have to "hop". I'll ask again, because maybe you didn't see it first time... 4x4 is intended to be used on a surface where the tires can slip relatively easily; snow, sand, gravel, that sort of thing. If you're doing this on pavement or hard packed ground, this in itself may be causing what you are hearing. What surface are you doing this on? >> when i engage the 4x4 it works fine but i am concerned out the slight >> griding noise i hear and feel in the gas petal, is this normal? I assume [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> >> any idieas? SignatureBill Funk Change "g" to "a" like i said, "i live in canada and we are starting to get snow." if i am on dry pavement the sound is there and if im in the snow i can also hear it. >>i used the 44 last night and it engages and disengages just fine. i live >>in [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] >>> >>> any idieas? >like i said, "i live in canada and we are starting to get snow." if i am on >dry pavement the sound is there and if im in the snow i can also hear it. Sorry, I didn't see the post where you said that. Don't do that on dry pavement. SignatureBill Funk Change "g" to "a" |
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