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Originally Posted by theriddler
Finally found some motivation and had some nice weather yesterday that allowed me to get the 4wd actuator replaced, sway bar bushings swapped out, and new urethane sway bay bushings installed. Been fighting this 4wd issue for a while, finally pinpointed it to the actuator on the front axle...new OEM one worked like a charm and i have 4wd again. Frustrating to troubleshoot because I was able to manually actuate it a few times before it finally stopped altogether. Rack bushings were really easy to replace, they popped out with a c-clamp and some oversized sockets...also helped that they were extremely wore out. Sway bar bushings were easy and made a noticeable difference with on road performance. Only issue i ran into when doing all this work was the bottom drain plug on front diff was stripped out and locked in place. The fill plug was stuck too, had to use some MAP gas to heat it up and it finally broke loose. I left the bottom plug as is since i didn't need to drain the fluid, I only needed to top it off...i'll save that battle for another day
Thanks to mtbtim "Timmy the Toolman" for your videos, I had to reference those a couple times when doing the work. As far as picking what topics to create videos on, you're right on. Keep up the good work!
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Sounds like a good day's work. Tim's videos do really help a lot. I always appreciate them a ton. Congrats on getting the 4wd back too....gotta have that!
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