Dana 20 help

[Tony Sobrito <tony@domain.elided>]

Jat Turner needs some advise. He is off digest, if you can offer any advise
please e-mail him direct. His dana 20 goes into 2 hi, 4 hi, does not shift 
into 4 low. 
Thanks tony

turner@domain.elided

At 10:41 AM 2/19/98 PST, you wrote:
>      Hey man, Last night I pulled the poppet plug/spring/ball, lower cover,
>      and the rear shift shaft cover off the transfer case. The lube came
>      out grey which pretty much proves that there was a little moisture
>      inside and it drained out more like water than a heavy gear oil! I got
>      a good look at all the gears and see no signs of damage or extremely
>      worn parts. I beat on the hi/low range shaft until I was blue in the
>      face but no movement. I pried on the gear that is supposed to move up
>      and engage the final drive gear for the rear and could only get about
>      an eighth of an inch of movement. Could this shaft be bent keeping it
>      from being moved? It seems to me that if it was bent to the point of
>      being frozen then I would not be able to get it to move at all. As of
>      now I get about an eighth inch of play when I try to use the shifter
>      and can
>      see the shaft inside moving the same distance. If it is bent or hung
>      up somewhere I think it would have to be somewhere in the vicinity of
>      the detent (poppet ball). To get to that I would have to remove the
>      front output shaft assembly to remove the shifter fork shafts. How
>      hard is this or am I going about this the wrong way? I would really
>      like to get this going before saturdays trail ride, if not then I'll
>      have to stick to the easier trails. I'll tell you, I'm really draggin
>      today, was up till 3:30 in the morning trying to get it going. By the
>      way, got a regulator at Gallant, $20! A&B wanted $45. Thieves! I would
>      appreciate any thoughts you might have on the T-case, I really don't
>      want to pull it if I don't have to, Thanx,
>      Jay-me got got no low range-Turner
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