How long is my 231 TC gonna last, and Did my tranny cause some probs? [Archive]


Pirate4x4.Com > General Tech > General 4x4 Discussion > How long is my 231 TC gonna last, and Did my tranny cause some probs? PDA : How long is my 231 TC gonna last, and Did my tranny cause some probs? GRMhick 10-21-2001, 01:02 AM Ok, I picked up my 96 ram from the tranny shop and noticed no free play in the TC shifter. Not knowing much about 231 shifter adjustments, I just drove the truck, until I heard a grinding noise comming from the TC. At that point I adjusted the shifter myself. Now it grinds alot, and I think it is form the shift fork, but not sure (how the hell do I know, I only work on 203 and 205's). How long is it gonna hold up. i already stopped driving the truck, but how far COULD i drive the truck if need be? (like if I need to take it to a shop 30 miles away). Also, when slowing down, then accelerating, the truck feels like it goes into nutral, then into drive, putting a large amount of torque at the tranny output, and on new tranny parts. Can my tranny problem cause damage to the TC? I am asking because I have about 500 miles on my transmission, and so far am not happy, and am afraid that I may have to do something if my truck isn;t fixed, and heck, I worked on my transfer case when I realized that the shifter was out of wack. Anyways, thanks for the help. Garrett GRMhick 10-21-2001, 05:43 PM heres an idea of how the shifter was adjusted when I picked up the truck from the tranny shop... <IMG width=404 height=121 SRC="http://www.pirate4x4.com/ubb/uploads/TCshifter231.jpg"> Bert 10-21-2001, 08:30 PM Garret, My 231 had about 20,000 miles on it when I did the short shaft kit. I tore it apart and found that some little plastic stuff wore off the shift fork. When the T case was shifted from 4 low to 4 high while still moving it wears out the stuff. It sounds like you need at least a new shifter fork. Dealer. Not hard to replace. Tear into it now and save yourself from getting more expensive damage. thats what it sounds like to me. GRMhick 10-22-2001, 05:29 PM Heres a nice little quote from my tranny guy I will NOT replace your transfer case, so get it out of your head NOW. It is a seperate unit. Sound right to everyone out there? Bert 10-23-2001, 10:29 AM sounds like your getting the shaft. Time to get an attorney. GRMhick 10-24-2001, 11:53 AM think so? On the up side he is installing the transfer case for free... though.. I am thinking maybe I should just do it myself.