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Just got home a second ago from out in the woods in my buddy's 95 K1500 silverado.  The trails were rather rough but hard.  Finally found a place to turn around that looked like packed sand.  Well it was muddy sand.  He put it in 4hi and reverse, little gas, off the cluctch, and we have 1 tire fire. so we tried 4lo same thing.  He was sure to give it plenty of time to engage before he tried to move.  Nothing but 1 tire fire.  After getting pulled out and heading back home we stopped in a Publix parking lot to check the truck over.  Couldn't find anything ( and no the darkness and mud did not help :cheers: )  We get back in and put it in 4lo.  Well aparently 4lo likes to come in at the most inoppurtune times.  We had 4lo so we were surly not going to get stuck on the asphault.  :thumb:  4hi also decided to work.  We did notice a whine in the front axle while in 3rd gear.  The whole time the 4X4 light did not come on.  And now some info about the truck:  '95 Silverado 4X4 ext. cab.,  95k miles,  350 tbi, 5 speed, manual transfer case.    

 

Soooo.... What do you guys think of this?

SilveradoWV Senior Enthusiast

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Most all of the 4wd probelms I have ever had it turned out to be the actuator (sp?), not sure if thats your problem or not but could be a possibility. Usually when its the actuator its just gone though or at least in my cases. I recently had my '02 manual 4wd lever freeze up with ice or something and it wouldnt allow me to move the lever but you can move yours. Depends on how sunk up you were I guess some of the mechanical stuff under there could not have been working properly.
Shaners Senior Enthusiast

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I'd say the front hubs aren't engaging (actuator problem like SilveradoWV said).  Did you notice if the one rear tire was spinning any slower when it was in 4LO as opposed to 4HI?
MCourson Senior Enthusiast

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I personally think it is the actuators.  I dont think the wheels are engaging.  While were in stuck there was no difference between lo and hi but it went into lo (at least the tcase and front diff.) once we were on hard ground.  We were not to deep in it but this was some nasty stuff.  The guys with the mud terrains were having some problems.

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