'98 Blazer 4x4 "BANG" on disengagement.

[wolfox]

The front end loads up because you have a differential up there that does not allow for front wheel slippage. You will note this as wheel hop when you say, turn into a parking space and the 4x4 is on when snowing out. Even if the transfer case disengaged, if the front axle shift fork hasn't decoupled the passengerside wheel yet, you'll still get a draggity-hop from the inside tire whenin a tight turn, there's really nothing in there to allow for inside/outside wheel speed differential that occurs in a turn, unlike your rear diffy that's got a full clutch and spider gear set. The frnt axle locks right up like a rigid Dana Jeep Axle on a CJ-5.

Oh, and the best apologies always come when you're able to stand up tall and straight and breathe for the first time. It gets crowded in in there! Glad you have it fixed dude...oh, and for being such a hardnose about it? We told you so! *laugh*

[chigger23]

Originally Posted by wolfox

What's really funny is watching the center differential on a Subaru bind up and burn out when someone with the same line of thought as yours comes along. You can't just swap one tire for new on any axle on 4x4/AWD cars and trucks. I blew a tire on my Scooby a few years back and got the one tire replaced. Same type and tread as the others. However, since it was of a larger diameter (because it was newer) she was binding and making the car lurch in low-speed, parking lot like turns, or sharp right hand turns to launch down a side-street. The solution was to take the car to a specialty tire shop that had a machine that would *lathe* the new tire down to match the diameter of the other tires. The binding/chatter going around a turn disappeared. We're all seriously not making this sh*t up my friend - funny or otherwise.

OK So smack my ass and call me Sally, it fucking worked. I can not believe it. It goes in and out of 4WD Smoothly, no bang, and it is much quiter in 4WD as well. I apologize for my skeptisicm (and my spelling), Somebody should tell these F ing mechanics to take a refreseher course, becuase none of them knew it.

[BlazerLT]

Originally Posted by chigger23

OK So smack my ass and call me Sally, it fucking worked. I can not believe it. It goes in and out of 4WD Smoothly, no bang, and it is much quiter in 4WD as well. I apologize for my skeptisicm (and my spelling), Somebody should tell these F ing mechanics to take a refreseher course, becuase none of them knew it.

*SMACK*

Take that Sally.