Stuck in 4 wheel drive - gehaftet im Antrieb mit 4 Rädern

[volvocollector]

Last night I helped a friend pull his lorry out of a ditch with the sugga.


I used the two levers next to the drivers seat...

For the first time I pulled the long lever back (low ratio?) and I pushed the short lever forward (4 wheel drive?)

I had to use reverse gear to move the lorry and it pulled the vehicle well.

I was able to put the long lever forward, but the short lever will now not go back. I tried putting into gear and rocking forwards and back - but nothing....

1. Does this mean I am stuck in 4 wheel drive?
2. How can I get the small lever back?

Thanks for your help

Baz

Gestern Abend half ich einem Freund, seinen Lastwagen einen Abzugsgraben mit dem sugga herauszuziehen.

Ich benutzte die zwei Hebel nahe bei dem Treibersitz... Zum ersten Mal zog ich die lange Hebelrückseite (niedriges Verhältnis?) und ich drückte den kurzen Hebel nach vorn (der Antrieb mit 4 Rädern?) Ich mußte Rückzahnrad benutzen, um den Lastwagen zu verschieben und er zog den Träger gut. IchWAR in der Lage, den langen Hebel vorwärts zu setzen, aber der kurze Hebel jetzt geht nicht zurück. Ich versuchte, in Zahnrad mich zu setzen und das Schaukeln schickt nach und zieht - aber nichts.... zurück
1. dieses Mittel ich in Rad 4 fahren gehaftet werden?
2. Wie kann ich den kleinen Hebel zurückbekommen?
Dank für Ihre Hilfe Baz

[gduhem]

Hi Baz,

You are right: the short lever forward means sugga's in the configuration 4wd (IN position) and the long lever backward means low ratio.
Ganz Genau: der kurz Hebel Vorwärts bedeutet 4wd Konfiguration (IN) und der lange Hebel rückwärts niedriges Verhältniszahnrad.


I had difficulties for changing of 2wd<->4wd too.
Engine running, I drove really slowly (1st gear, high ratio), pulling the lever in the same time, then it unjamed. I stopped and pulled then the lever in the position 2wd.
It happened never again already. I don't know, if it means something wrong.
Ich hatte auch das selbe Problem.
Ich fuhr wirklich langsam (1. Zahnrad, das hohe ratio), den Hebel in der gleichen Zeit zurückzieht, dann war es gut. Ich stoppte und zog dann den Hebel in der Position 2wd zurück.
Es geschah nie wieder schon. Ich weiß nicht, wenn es etwas falsch bedeutet.

I hope this will help.

Bis bald

Willy/Guillaume

[deckard]

Have you tried to unlock it by having the car roll slowly without a gear put in?
So that the axles are rotating without load on them.

[psuggmog]

Hello, the inability to shift out of four wheel drive sometimes indicates a bind(excess torque deformation) in the drivetrain. In your situation, probably the transfer case. Were your diffs locked while pulling out your friend's lorry? you will have to release the strain. then the lever should move. Inside the transfer case, the lever operates a shiftfork which slides a gear or a synchronizing clutch along a splined shaft. If the strain between the enmeshed gears is removed, the gear should slide. Because the situation ocurred while pulling a heavy load while in reverse, you might be able to remove it by pushing forward against an immovable object or pulling a similar load in the opposite direction to which the bind occured. If your differentials were locked at the time the problem occured, you might be able to release the strain by unlocking the diffs, driving abit and then try to shift into 2WD.

To German only speakers:
Sorry, this is too complicated for my limited translation skills

[Karsten]

Thats ok, I understand it

[volvocollector]

Hi,

Followed your advice. Drove forward with low ratio on and as it was moving moved the gears back to their postion. Did this 3 times forward and backard slowly and eventually it came out of gear!

Luckily I didn't have to push against an object - it was going to be the garage wall - I think I may have driven through it!

Thanks everyone

Baz