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Originally Posted by mishalah
My 2005 1500LT:
I followed the manual instructions to a "T". My ops manual says in order to put the transfer case into "Neutral" you on my AWD setup I should start the engine, place the tranny in neutral, press the "low drive" and "StabiliTrak" buttons at the same time and hold for 10 seconds until the "Neutral" light comes on. Then....make sure the tranny was in neutral by shifting into reverse for a second or two, then into drive for a second or two...then into park.
I did all that exactly as required. But when I pushed the lever over to Park I heard this horrible clashing/grinding sound. Only about 1-2 seconds worth, but a nasty sound at that. I just let it idle, then shut it down (the little "Neutral" light stayed on.
What the heck did I hear...and was it actually supposed to do that just to get the transfer case into Neutral? I was in my driveway on a slight incline, but I held my foot on the brake the whole time in addition to having the e-brake on as required.
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OK, I'll try to be more tolerant (though I'm still shaking my head). No Joke!!
What happens when you put the tranny in park or neutral and rev the motor? You don't go any where. Same thing with a standard tranny. Put it in neutral, let the clutch out and go no where.
Same thing with a t-case. Put it in neutral, then go to drive or reverse and where did you go? No where!!
Now to the "grinding noise". With the t-case in neutral, you put the tranny in D & R then to Park, with the motor running. What happens is the tranny is internally rotating power from the output shaft to the t-case, which is in neutral and not putting power to the drive train. The "grinding noise" you heard was the internal tranny "park pawl" looking for a "park" slot to fall into because the output shaft thought is was driving the wheels and it wasn't. Sure hope you didn't break it. No Joke!!