does 4x4 work????

[rental blazer]

i have a 95 s-blazer with the 4x4 4.3 and auto tranny i last used the 4x4 about 1000 miles ago (2 weeks) i believe it was working at that time it was 4 or so inches of mud so if i could get trugth that it was prob working now i took it to a gavel pit that i have drove 5 miles on in the past only to get stuck rigth away and to scrap my wheels with pea size rocks and my ligth was not flashing it stayed lit however my front tires were 3 inches in gravel the rear was baryed past the center of the wheel i had to be towed out by a f150 4x4 with the same tires as i have....(mud terran SXT) 30 9.5 15 anyways how can i check to MAKE SURE IT WAS THE 4X4 NOT WORKING???

[redwheeler]

this is not really good for it but take it to a parking lot put it in 4wd and turn if you feel it bind or jump stop your 4x4 is working if there is no binding you have no 4x4

[rental blazer]

[quote=redwheeler]this is not really good for it but take it to a parking lot put it in 4wd and turn if you feel it bind or jump stop your 4x4 is working if there is no binding you have no 4x4[/Q

you are rigth thats not very good and if it does work its gonna break it if i do that so no thanks ......anyone have any other ideas that are not risky

[Paperboy1996]

can you feel the transfer case shifting in to 4x4, if you can then its got to be the front axle not locking in. To check it on my 93 blazer there is a vacume actuator underneath the battery all I did is start the vehicle in 4x4 and pull the battery and tray (making very sure the positive cable did not ground out) to see if the actuator is pulling in. if it isnt then check the vacume line at the actuator and make sure you have vacume thereif you have vacume then your actuator is bad if you do not have vacume then its probably the switch on the transfer case that will need replaced. Hope this helps good luck.

[balls_to_the_wall]

Originally Posted by rental blazer

you are rigth thats not very good and if it does work its gonna break it if i do that so no thanks ......anyone have any other ideas that are not risky

Please explain to me how exactly something is going to break doing that...

[redwheeler]

i have never broken any thing doing that or if i forget that it is in 4wd and turn have done that a few times and nothing breaks ever just dont do it for long perods of time

[rental blazer]

[quote=rental blazer]i have a 95 s-blazer with the 4x4 4.3 and auto tranny i last used the 4x4 about 1000 miles ago (2 weeks) i believe it was working at that time it was 4 or so inches of mud so if i could get trugth that it was prob working now i took it to a gavel pit that i have drove 5 miles on in the past only to get stuck rigth away and to scrap my wheels with pea size rocks and my ligth was not flashing it stayed lit however my front tires were 3 inches in gravel the rear was baryed past the center of the wheel i had to be towed out by a f150 4x4 with the same tires as i have....(mud terran SXT) 30 9.5 15 anyways how can i check to MAKE SURE IT WAS THE 4X4 NOT WORKING???[/QUOTE

OKAY GUYS THANKS FOR THE HELP ANYWAYS BUT I FOUND THE PROB THE DUMB MECHANIC FORGOT TO HOOK THE VACUME LINE TO THE ARCLATER UNDER THE BATT. SO I HOOKED IT AND IT JUST TOOK OFF IN THE GRAVEL PITS SO IT WORKS AGAIN btw i noticed that red blazer has bfg's how do you like those?? has anyone experanced the mud terran sxt and bfg on blazers how do they compare???