how to fix a 4x4 blazer the cheap way
https://youtu.be/NrwxoRYCIvY
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Link no worky. What is it?
OK just watched it. That works, at least for awhile. The slide collar won't stand up to continuous use, I don't think, or at least hard wheeling. It's a dumb design from the factory, for sure. Best to just do the bravada shaft mod, and be done lol |
i live in a poore area we cant spend money on things like that so we cum up with fixes on the cheep and ive had this blazer a year an its allwase worked for me
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I feel ya, man! If it works for you, go for it! You can get the bravada shaft and tube in a junkyard for around fifty bucks, though. All you really need is the shaft, you can reuse your old tube, just have to make a block off plate for where the cable goes in.
I'm just a little biased against the stock axle disconnect. It's left me stuck without working 4wd in a couple of crappy situations. I had a homemade posi lock setup, and the slide collar wasn't engaging fully. |
Lol I've been running mine like since I bought it 6 or 7 years ago. I only disconnect the front axle on longer road trips.
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Originally Posted by Hess13x
(Post 710046)
Lol I've been running mine like since I bought it 6 or 7 years ago. I only disconnect the front axle on longer road trips.
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Originally Posted by cleburne red
(Post 710053)
Man, y'all have better luck than me! I had to replace one of the gears, it was all chewed up from partial engagement, and wouldn't lock in. Then, it came unlocked on me when i actually kinda needed it. It felt engaged by hand, but under load it would slip and leave me in 2wd.
He ended up replacing a bunch of s#it. I do keep a pair of vice grips handy. Used to be for my seat recliner. :icon_dopey: |
Originally Posted by N. Jensen
(Post 710082)
That's exactly what happened to my co-worker with his 01 Blazer 4 door.
He ended up replacing a bunch of s#it. I do keep a pair of vice grips handy. Used to be for my seat recliner. :icon_dopey: And with the cavalier seat swap, I was finally able to return the vise grip to my tool box! |
Originally Posted by cleburne red
(Post 710084)
All you gotta do is swap the bravada shaft in, and never look back lol.
And with the cavalier seat swap, I was finally able to return the vise grip to my tool box! |
Come on, vice grips cost around the same as the new 4wd actuator. Getting the old one from wreckers should be dust cheap. Besides I wouldn't like a dangling vice grips nearby the battery pegs.
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