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About Me: 45 year old transmission rebuilder with 28 years in the industry. Ill answer questions or help any way i can. I am also available for live video conferencing concerning transmission repairs and do it your-selfers I just found this site a couple days ago 4/10/08 so it will take me a while to get the common hardcore issues posted if you need something special posted feel free to post me a note I do this while im at work BUT work comes first

Vehicles Owned: 1992 Ford F-250, 1997 Chrysler Sebring, 2008 Honda, 2007 Honda

Interests: Racing, Motorsports

Hobbies & Personal Interests: model railroading, hunting, fishing, etc

Location: Colorado, USA

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4 wheel drives and tire sizes: April 17, 2008 | Categories:; If your vehicle is Automatic 4 wheel drive and you have tires that do not match on your vehicle this could cause a failure in the transfer case due to the fact that the abs sensors on your vehicle are used to sense differences in wheel speed. If you have 1 tire that is a different size on your vehicle the abs computer thinks there is a slip due to different tire rotation speeds and autolocks the transfer case into 4 wheel drive. some of the later model transfer cases have PLASTIC shift forks in them that control the 4 wheel shift function the 4x4 high/low range forks are still metal in most units but have plastic inserts just like manual transmissions do.; Read More

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