4x4 switch

[rwwiefer]

Just realized my front diff doesn't seem to work anymore on my 2006 Commando, anyone have some expierence on trouble shooting the issue.

[Kinarfi]

a lot of people don't like the electric set up for 4x4, if you get to it soon enough and seal it real good, the work fine.IMHO, if you don't, moisture gets in and eats up a copper trace or two and shuts it down, I had to repair mine and then I sealed it and no problems for the last year or 2. There were some pictures of the circuit board, but the website that has them is shutting down in Nov. so they should still be there, If you want, you can send it to me and if I can fix it, I will, mostly just for the cost of parts & postage and if it's shot, I'll tell you.

I thought that when they failed, they defaulted into 4x4, do you hear it operate when you push the button?

[Guest Lenny]

The default part is in the differential itself. The pin that moves the engagement ring is spring loaded to put it into 4x4 when the pin is releassd. The problem is that unless the electric engager quits working when in 4x4, it could still be holding the pin, preventing the spring from doing its job. If thats the case you would have to remove the electric engager before it would default into 4x4.

Lenny

[rwwiefer]

I actually can not hear anything, I will try to trouble shoot some this weekend to see if there is even 12 volts going to the diff when I switch to 4x4.

[rwwiefer]

Finally got back to this 4x4 black box, you were right about moisture, it was toast so I did some reseach and found one on ebay for $70.00 off a Artic Cat that works great. I did silicone this one up real good. Never did find a fuse that supposedly is under the pass seat.

[Kinarfi]

Fuse box is not under the seat, it's under the dash high up on the fire wall on the passenger side.

Kinarfi