87xjpioneer757
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Suffolk, VA
I have an 87 XJ 4.0, auto, 4x4
Recently bought it from someone who had the lousiest lift I have ever seen done to it. It had 4 screw in spacers and 2 rubber spacers per front coil and 3 inch blocks in the rear. Got it home and it wouldn't go into 4Hi, it was stuck in 2Hi. The guy says the truck did fine in 4wd before he put the lift on it, and even afterwards he tried it and it worked. I thought about it for days why it wouldn't work and tried reading all the threads posted here and no one seemed to answer my question yet. People have told me, and I figured it myself that if a 4x4 sits uneven front to back, which it did, there was about 1 1/2 inched of difference front to rear, the transfer case will tend to bind and not want to shift because of unequal driveshaft angles. I lowered the rear to a 2 inch block kit and haven't touched the front, bringing it more level. I adjusted the shift linkages like many people say to do. There is nothing hung in the console. If I pull back and over on the transfer case shifter the front shaft will turn with the rear one if I hold it there. Do I need to continue to fiddle with the adjustment until it gets right? Do I need to figure out where N is in the case and put it there then adjust it to get it into gear? This has been driving me nuts for a week. Any help is greatly appreciated.
Recently bought it from someone who had the lousiest lift I have ever seen done to it. It had 4 screw in spacers and 2 rubber spacers per front coil and 3 inch blocks in the rear. Got it home and it wouldn't go into 4Hi, it was stuck in 2Hi. The guy says the truck did fine in 4wd before he put the lift on it, and even afterwards he tried it and it worked. I thought about it for days why it wouldn't work and tried reading all the threads posted here and no one seemed to answer my question yet. People have told me, and I figured it myself that if a 4x4 sits uneven front to back, which it did, there was about 1 1/2 inched of difference front to rear, the transfer case will tend to bind and not want to shift because of unequal driveshaft angles. I lowered the rear to a 2 inch block kit and haven't touched the front, bringing it more level. I adjusted the shift linkages like many people say to do. There is nothing hung in the console. If I pull back and over on the transfer case shifter the front shaft will turn with the rear one if I hold it there. Do I need to continue to fiddle with the adjustment until it gets right? Do I need to figure out where N is in the case and put it there then adjust it to get it into gear? This has been driving me nuts for a week. Any help is greatly appreciated.