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<blockquote data-quote="machoheadgames" data-source="post: 432181" data-attributes="member: 18789"><p>If it’s in 4WD, and the front axle engages, you will feel it in the steering and you’ll probably hear some tire scuffing as the system binds and makes noise in pavement. Not ideal to drive it on pavement but that’s one way to know. It would be ideal to fix your light so you know when the front axle engages. So that’s a start.</p><p></p><p>If the front axle does NOT engage, no, no power will go to the front wheels. The power coming from the transfer case will spin the ring and pinion, the ring gear will spin the spider gears but no power will make it down the axle shafts since the right side isn’t engaged. If you were to jack the jeep up and rev it under power, you might see some wheel spin on the driver side tire but it would be under very light power and you’d be able to stop it by hand easily.</p><p></p><p>Are you rolling when you’re trying to engage it with the cable? I don’t own the cable so I’m not sure how far it pulls out, but I’d imagine at least an inch maybe a bit more. It should move as much as the fork on the axle moves. You might just be feeling the collar move a small amount and then Bump against the intermediate shaft but not actually engage it. You probably need to be rolling to engage the cable most of</p><p>The time. That way as the right front</p><p>Wheel rolls, it can turn the collar and as you operate the cable, the collar will bump onto the intermediate shaft and engage it once it lines up. At that point, you’ll have full power to both wheels and will only lose power/traction once you’re offroad and a tire goes in the air. At that point, you need a locker in the diff.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="machoheadgames, post: 432181, member: 18789"] If it’s in 4WD, and the front axle engages, you will feel it in the steering and you’ll probably hear some tire scuffing as the system binds and makes noise in pavement. Not ideal to drive it on pavement but that’s one way to know. It would be ideal to fix your light so you know when the front axle engages. So that’s a start. If the front axle does NOT engage, no, no power will go to the front wheels. The power coming from the transfer case will spin the ring and pinion, the ring gear will spin the spider gears but no power will make it down the axle shafts since the right side isn’t engaged. If you were to jack the jeep up and rev it under power, you might see some wheel spin on the driver side tire but it would be under very light power and you’d be able to stop it by hand easily. Are you rolling when you’re trying to engage it with the cable? I don’t own the cable so I’m not sure how far it pulls out, but I’d imagine at least an inch maybe a bit more. It should move as much as the fork on the axle moves. You might just be feeling the collar move a small amount and then Bump against the intermediate shaft but not actually engage it. You probably need to be rolling to engage the cable most of The time. That way as the right front Wheel rolls, it can turn the collar and as you operate the cable, the collar will bump onto the intermediate shaft and engage it once it lines up. At that point, you’ll have full power to both wheels and will only lose power/traction once you’re offroad and a tire goes in the air. At that point, you need a locker in the diff. [/QUOTE]
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