Hi there! I'm fairly new to the Jeep community (bought my TJ last August) and am hoping I can get a question answered here. Back in October I sent my Jeep in to have the seal between the trans and transfer case replaced as it had been leaking. The shop I sent it to told me they had to take off the t-case to fix the issue and everything seemed fine.
Fast forward to last week, I put it in 4h as snow was accumulating on the road and immediately noticed that my 4wd light did not light up. I pull into a nearby parking lot and fiddle with it to see if it was going into 4h or 4l and determined that it could do both. I got back on the road but within 10 minutes I hear what sounds like 2 gears separating and the car feels like it's in neutral. I tried to put it back in 2wd but heard a grinding sound and did not attempt again. I pulled over, shifted the car into neutral and then was able to get back into 2wd to get moving and from there I was able to put it back into 4h and continued on my way. It happened a few more times over the course of the day, and seemed like it would mainly happen after I put the car in 4l and then back down into 4h.
I've been reading about people who have had similar issues and it seems like the t-case shift linkage is a possible culprit, but I wanted to get opinions about my specific situation. Does it seem like the shift linkage is the problem or is there something more serious going on?
Thanks!
Fast forward to last week, I put it in 4h as snow was accumulating on the road and immediately noticed that my 4wd light did not light up. I pull into a nearby parking lot and fiddle with it to see if it was going into 4h or 4l and determined that it could do both. I got back on the road but within 10 minutes I hear what sounds like 2 gears separating and the car feels like it's in neutral. I tried to put it back in 2wd but heard a grinding sound and did not attempt again. I pulled over, shifted the car into neutral and then was able to get back into 2wd to get moving and from there I was able to put it back into 4h and continued on my way. It happened a few more times over the course of the day, and seemed like it would mainly happen after I put the car in 4l and then back down into 4h.
I've been reading about people who have had similar issues and it seems like the t-case shift linkage is a possible culprit, but I wanted to get opinions about my specific situation. Does it seem like the shift linkage is the problem or is there something more serious going on?
Thanks!
