help wont stay in 4wd

[johannes_kauai]

ok i have a 90 yj with posi lok and it just desides to disengage sometimes. can i adjust the posi lok ? im fairlly new to jeeps. or wat should i do

[johannes_kauai]

bump

[notmYJ]

ditch the posi lock, and swap in TJ shafts. Problem solved. ;)

[TSM_88YJ]

are you pulling the posi lok all the way out? If your 4wd light is hooked up to it, if you barely move the cable the light comes on, you have to twist and pull back a bunch.

It will come out a bit, then roll forward just a hair and you can pull it out more. sounds like you're not pulling the cable all the way back.

[johannes_kauai]

that might be it ill try it and get back to u. because right now im just pulling it out then driving forward. could u go over the steps to geting it into 4wd, im just a little confused about it.

[TSM_88YJ]

pull transfer case into 4wd.

twist posi lok and pull it out.

It may come all the way out, or it could come maybe 1/2" or so, if that's the case roll forward just a bit while still pulling on the posi lok, it should come out even more.

Once it's all the way out twist it to lock the handle in the out position.

does that make sense, it's hard to explain. Once you have the posi lok all the way out twist the handle to lock it in the pulled out position.

going to 2wd is backwards.

put transfer case to 2wd.
twist posi lok and push in.
if it don't wanna go try rolling back in reverse. (play with engaging and disengaging, you can feel the "sweet spot")
The handle should go all the way in then twist the handle in the closed position.

[johannes_kauai]

pull transfer case into 4wd.

twist posi lok and pull it out.

It may come all the way out, or it could come maybe 1/2" or so, if that's the case roll forward just a bit while still pulling on the posi lok, it should come out even more.

Once it's all the way out twist it to lock the handle in the out position.

does that make sense, it's hard to explain. Once you have the posi lok all the way out twist the handle to lock it in the pulled out position.

going to 2wd is backwards.

put transfer case to 2wd.
twist posi lok and push in.
if it don't wanna go try rolling back in reverse. (play with engaging and disengaging, you can feel the "sweet spot")
The handle should go all the way in then twist the handle in the closed position.

i get it except the part about locking it once u engage 4wd. do i twist the handle clockwise or counter clockwise to lock it???

[TSM_88YJ]

when youre in 2wd the handle is like this

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you twist it

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till its like this
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then you pull it all the way out

then twist it back into its original position, except the handle is pulled out.

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and its back the way it was, just pulled out.

Unless you have the newer round knob version then I dunno.