2000 Ford F350 lockouts frozen

TOMCCUE

MEMBER
2000 FORD F-350
V8
4WD
AUTOMATIC
109,000 MILES

My lockouts are frozen and can't be turned. Any suggestion on how to free these up?

Thursday, April 9th, 2009 AT 9:44 AM

1 Reply

MHPAUTOS

MECHANIC
31,938 POSTS

Hi there,

this is a common problem with standard 4X4's, it is caused by axle creep that is due to the fact the front and rear tyres are different rolling diameters and you have no central diff, what you can do is drive in reverse for a few meters and this should help un load the hubs, they should disengage, try this.

Mark (mhpautos)