cvdloc

Well I did my test.. And when I spun the drive shaft only the driver sides output shaft was spinning not the passengers. Now, I am a noob when it comes to axles, especially this ifs crap, now what could be broken? The issue would have to be closer to the front diff beforeit drops down, now dont laugh but could that be a cv joint? how can i check this? plus how expensive is something like this to fix? if its cheap and would provide me with good experience, i would be tempted but otherwise i might hold off and count down the days until i torch this thing out! thanks guys!!

And I will test your theory too. Mind aswell while the hubs are off!

Hey guys, thanks for the quick reply. i have lifted the truck up and have done those test, I haven't pushed in that sleeve, I just want to be able to isolate the issue, so tonight I am taking the front hubs off, and spin the drive shafts, theoretically the front axles should spin, right? If not, I'm not sure I'll post it here and see what's next. I don't want to mess around with the auto hubs. For 120 I can get a set my manual hubs, easy install and I'm not going to kill myself over the price, even though that ifs is gone in a couple months. If anything is wrong with my theory let me know, otherwise I will post the results!

Hey guys, first post! So let me give you a preview into my 95 pathfinder and the plans for this beast in the near future Had this truck for 2 years now, done a bit of everything to it, auto to standard tranny swap to name one. After this summer I plan to completely remove the drive train and throw in a 4bt, with Dana 44 upfront and 60 in the rear, add a 6" lift, 1-2" body for tire clearance. But that's in a couple months... Now my issue is 4wd doesn't engage.. I figured the hubs are just seized.. So I took them apart. I do have photos, can't figure how to upload them yet.. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary so I cleans them up greased them and threw them back on.. Still no 4wd Would there be an outside issue that I could investigate? Front driveshaft locks when engaged but wheels move freely (drove around the block acouple times and still doesnt) make a note I am doing a sas in 4 months but I am planning to go wheeling every weekend I can until then. I have looked into manual hubs and they cost 120$ and takes 2 weeks to ship. Now I don't want to replace auto hubs with manual then figure out its something else, is there a way I can test this? I have an idea of taking the hubs off until you seethe axle and see if that spins with the front driveshaft. Would that work? But the main question, is it worth it? (4 months with this ifs then I'm torching it out) Thanks guys, I hope to hear back from someone soon!