Locked up transfer case

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Locked up transfer case #737714 07/16/06 02:09 AM

Joined: Oct 2005

Posts: 24

Outer Banks, NC

tgzzzz

Need a Spot

I bought an 87 Samurai that ran and shifted perfectly. I put the trans in 2nd, and the transfer case in N per the owners' manual, and towed it 20 miles home. When I tried to drive it, I moved the lever from N to 4wd, and it stuck somewhere in between and won't be budged. The lever will not shift at all. The front driveshaft is turning but I'n unable to move forward or back. What now? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/scared.gif" alt="" />

87 JX Zuke bone stock almost cherry
86 Heavy Chevy 350 one ton 26' RV

There's always time to do it over.

Re: Locked up transfer case [Re: tgzzzz] #737715 07/16/06 09:24 PM

Joined: Dec 2004

Posts: 145

mounains of TN

blevcom21

Wheeler

take out the t-case shifter and look at the forks and use the shifter to make them look like this[] then look at the shifter sheet it is probably worn out and needs to be replaced

if it don't fit, force it if it breaks, it needed to be replaced anyway

Re: Locked up transfer case [Re: blevcom21] #737716 07/17/06 04:28 AM

Anonymous

Unregistered

also look at the shifter itself i had a bent one and that made it not shift

Re: Locked up transfer case [Re: tgzzzz] #737717 08/13/06 02:48 PM

Anonymous

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That happened to me the other day with my 87 Samurai. In desperation I thought maybe I needed to lift the shifter like in some cars. Guess what. The shifter came out of the box and was in my hands in thin air. I removed the shifter cover, stuck the shifter back into the socket and it worked fine. Don't know what happened, but I hope it doesn't happen again. Didn't know it would come right out of the transfer box like that.
Eugene
"If it's broke, call a tow truck".