Customer States: FJ Cruiser Sunk off Road! Damaged 4x4 #offroad #mechanic

hello everybody good day to you welcome back super glad you guys are here I know I'm glad to be here this is a 2013 Toyota FJ Cruiser it is here because four-wheel drive does not engage the uh the rear low range engages the front drive shaft engages at the transfer case which is manually operated but the front differential does not actuate it has an electronic actuator Locker mechanism right here I've got power going to this actuator locker but I have no motor actuation and neither one of the front axles engage at the differential there's a shift fork in here when this actuator is actuated that fork moves it runs over a collar it locks the diff in and then we have a full-time four-wheel drive the issue is is that actuator is not actuating uh there was another video on this where I started the diagnosis and uh I determined that I need to get a hold of that actuator the issue is is it has this uh six inch Fabtech lift kit on it and the actuator has to come out of the axle from the front right here but the problem is I've got this big honking piece of armor in the way and I'm not able to uh to remove that so what I'm going to do is uh try to unbolt this differential and swing the thing back some and then perhaps I can get to the bolts to remove this actuator assembly I may have to remove uh the lift kit just to get that thing out it is what it is but it's got to get done and our guy wants it fixed we want four wheel drive back so uh let's get to it start pulling this thing down opening Z hoods [Music] all righty we're down below I'm over here on the passenger side that's driver's side let's start pulling this thing apart we've got a skid plate here I'm going to take this off that's removable and then uh I'll see what I can get to as far as Fasteners and I'll try to get this actuator uh or this axle loose my plan is to attempt to uh move the axle before moving the lift kit because if I move the lift kit then I have to have it realigned because there's adjuster cams and whatnot and I'd rather not move the lift kit what I'd rather do and what I'm gonna have to do or often two different things on flicks lots of hardware okay one more over here continuing loud noises there we go we're kind of getting somewhere okie doke so there's two more bolts right up here hanging onto this let's pull these guys out exceptionally loud noises [Music] there we go okie doke so we've got one passenger here for one of the mounts and then looks like two more mounts on uh on this unit yeah that's not what I wanted to see okay let's go for uh some of those bigger mounts next got the uh angular impact continuing loud noises turn come out nut and got a washer in there oh my pool's stuck what have I done there oh this is gonna be fun to put back together it says I come out lift kit piece pry bar now I'm not a lift kit technician so I'm gonna have a hard time uh remember where all this stuff goes so you guys need to help me out here pay attention so I put it all in the right spot you let me know if I get it wrong okay I think I'll be all right come out arm thing um becoming disgruntled bigger pry bar we're almost at that point maybe I can just leave this here let's pry it down yeah there we go I'll just put it down here okay well I can kind of see more of the actuator let's get the other bolts out the counterpart for this one which is on that side over there moving on over yep it's here loud noises continues let's see if I can't even get a tool on that okay okay turned we'll have to get it with an open end there snippage I know I couldn't get this stuff apart these uh little ears are pulled in from the bolt being tight that's what's going on wow foreign okay so there's three more bolts on this bracket let's get those guys off the diff icult squeeze come on killing me I guess this thing needed all of the torque okay all right looks like we're just gonna do this the manual way smell the grease here there we go oh that one's tight I'm like hanging off this ratchet hmm extension on time there we go try again come loose please there woohoo come here you can't work under these conditions killing my battery some donkeyless [Applause] there we go all right okay now is this thing gonna come out of here Maybe hey the Dip's loose check this out it moves now I just need to move it like six inches farther back so I can get that at that actuator thing out this thing hmm so now what we need to do is support this thing a little bit so I'm going to come in here with a jack stand and just get that thing set up under this differential that way in case it feels like falling out it doesn't smash me I don't think it's gonna fall out but uh you never know so we'll get that thing right under there and I think if I can keep this jack stand hanging onto the weight I'll be able to pick this thing up and then kind of pry bar it back or ratchet strap it back and maybe if I can get the angle proper right here I can reach in behind this or in front of this and remove that actuator that's that's kind of the plan I don't know how well it's going to work but that's the best I got so far so let's get back to it okay so moment of truth if I lift this thing up enough can I get this uh stud to come out of this mount bracket thing or do I need to take that off actually I think I just need to remove this as well hang on a couple more bolts looks like there's a 17 and then another one uh from the top over there okay there is one bolt gravity and then the one up top I guess I've got to get that manually with like a wrench we'll go in with the spline Drive ratcheting wrenches that should be sufficient leverage to break the sky loose let's see here yeah come on now oh loose beautiful got it cool okay so this thing should be completely unvaulted and it's just kind of hanging out so the CV axles are holding it the drive shaft's kind of holding it and of course the jack stand right here is holding it so let's give this thing some up action okay differentials moving up what I'm going to do is pick it up as high as I can pull this little Mount out just to give me more space and then we'll try to walk the unit uh backwards with a pry bar so I might have to pull that drive shaft out I'm hoping that it articulates enough where I don't have to actually remove it but we'll see okay so the axle is free let's let her down some so what I'm going to do is I'll pick up on the drive shaft and I'm going to kind of pull this way on the jack and maybe I can swing this thing rearward enough yeah yeah it moves okay tell you what I think I'll get a ratchet strap to hold this thing back and I'm going to reach around the front of this actuator and try to unbolt it I think this is gonna work okay here's what I'll do we're gonna take this ratchet strap and connect it probably to one of these bolt holes here and just use this to uh pull this unit back and hold it in position it's kind of my plan about there that'll do it and I'll just ratchet it back here to uh like this uh cross member thing that should be perfect oh it's working yeah it's it's putting a good angle on that I think I can squeeze that actuator out oh look a clue here's the vent hose for that actuator that means that uh there might be some water in there so uh anyway no speculating we've got some 12 millimeter Fasteners there's two here and two up the top let me go in there and uh get those guys loose and we'll try to get this unit removed all right coming in with some twelves now this thing is gonna spill some differential oil I'm gonna have to uh get a catch pan in place for that not only is it gonna spill some it's probably going to spill all of it and I will have to refill nature I can't see these last two I'm just gonna reach up there and kind of feel it if uh if I can come on please there's one got her thank you come on yeah it doesn't reach now it does got it okay all the bolts are out okey-dokes catch pins coming into position now I can get in here and crack this thing loose try it with a pry bar make it uh make it a gentle separation foreign looks good it's enough draining action Let's uh let's wiggle this guy out of here so there's our Fork all right now I'd like to be able to see that actuator collar in there might be hard to do okay yeah we can kind of see it so let me show you what's going on here so if we watch if I turn the wheel or Open Wheel okay drive shaft's not engaged anything like that now you see that little round collar inside of there watch this I move that over see how that's selected off to the right now we make an attempt to turn the wheel and I feel some resistance here if we look up starting to engage the drive shaft see that see the shaft moving key joint right there so the issue is is this collar is not being moved over by that actuator so we've got power and ground going to our actuator from ah there unlocked look at that that's the unlocked position so we've got power and ground going to the actuator from the control system and assembly but it's not actually actuating so uh I'm gonna go ahead and get one ordered uh we're gonna toss that new one in and uh put this thing back together fire it up test it out and see if we have four wheel drive all right let's bring this thing over to the workspace area and uh maybe we'll take it apart and see uh see what failed inside if we can it could be an electronic failure but I should be able to get the front of the module off with just uh looks like five perimeter screws right here got a new unit but I want to uh at least take a look inside of this one before we uh throw the new one in there that's right this screwdriver on click please it's lubricated there's Lube on my driver shaft look more hardware for me these are tight come on don't strip or slip and stab a hole in my finger it's not be cool torque oh I lost it see that snippet is no worries no worries we'll just parrot jaw pliers this little guy out of here this one's gonna break off it's got corrosion in the threads I can feel it [Music] different pliers let's try these ones maybe it's not gonna break nope it broke yeah corrosion that's the thing about uh Fasteners that are open on the back side that's how that happens the corrosion Creeps in from the back not So Much from the front [Applause] anyway that's four bolts out number five pry this guy open see if we can identify any visual defects oh yeah look at that look at that this thing was full of water well now that it's a part we can kind of see how it works so we've got our our shift Fork right here that runs off of this shaft which is seized these are the contacts for the limit switch those are the circuits that go back to the control module that tell the module what to do obviously we have the motor right here and the worm gear worm gear drives uh this big gear right here and that's how this little actuator assembly becomes actuated that's a confirmed kill let's go ahead and get that new one tossed in and get this thing back on the road okey-dokes let's get some sealant on this ceiling surface here and then I wouldn't get this new one reinstalled I think what I'm going to do since we found that that vent tube was disconnected is we'll take the uh the vent tube off of the old unit and use it to make an extension because I believe that the addition of the lift kit caused that tube to become disconnected I like how guys will put lip kits on their trucks and then not extend the brake lines and then the brake lines break when you lift it up in the air not good here we go a little bit of sealant a little bit more right here there we go that looks good keep it actuated I have too much fun uh there we are that's what I'm looking for okay let's let's give this uh one good wipe down make sure there's no oil on that sealing surface otherwise the sealant won't seal very well and it'll leak and then I gotta do it again we go I find it curious that Toyota used a red sealant on on this instead of like a gray or a black I'm using a gray suitable for uh differential oils there we go all right let's pull this uh absorption towel thing out of there I had that in place just so uh oil couldn't run out and uh contaminate my Surface while I was getting everything prepared here now I need to get these little shift Forks on the collar it's not aligned we're going to have a major malfunction and that would be bad come on let's get into our home here let's not uh let's not have a problem why don't you want to go the one hanging on uh on the little blue cart come on let's get in there please we're not lining up and I'm I'm leaking redo let's give it some more wiping all right going back in we're getting time sensitive here now I'm oh okay we're off center on the collar I see what happened let me move that over move it over some more uh become lined up please there we go now I got her sorry if the light was in everybody's face all right let's get a bolt in this it's got pins that line it up I want to get that bolt in that way no that oil can creep its way onto my ceiling surface because it will cause a leak okay top bolt going in it's two down nice okay two bolts in two to go this is uh feeling pretty good to me I'm happy squeeze this guy in here come on begin I guess not it's not going to fit and then one more way way way way way higher up top which I can't even see it can't even feel it can't see it can't feel it but I know it's in there we go all right that one's threaded let's get my ratchet in there and we'll run that guy down need a longer socket or maybe a shinier socket there we are got it oh you guys all right hit you with my ratchet okay that's tight I need to uh figure out an extension for that vent hose Let's uh and go around this other side and I suppose we can get this connector kind of in place I don't want to connect it yet because this thing was moving around quite a bit and I don't want to actually like uh I don't want to hit the connector while I'm maneuvering this and break it or something so uh let's unratch strap our ratchet strap and start getting this differential back into its position okay begin on Ratchet strapping now cool I went back no problem let's pull this guy out of here we don't need you anymore are you stuck of course it's stuck come out pliers my uh my frail phenanges just didn't have the pulling power give me that bag all right let's let this thing down some oh we need to get that little Mount that's where we left off is that uh that mount back here on the pinion let me get that thing in before I start putting weight on uh on components we're gonna go up and in back up some more there we go all right okay we've got our first 17 mil coming in from the top let's get that one threaded that's nice it's going in very beautifully oh I'm excited this is gonna go together no problem and uh the one at the top not so much I'm gonna pull this unit back some yeah these things are critical that they not be cross threaded because one of the bolts actually goes into the differential housing definitely need to make sure that goes in by hand and we're good let's tighten those things down real quick 2017. let's get our top one first that was the hard one well it's not really the hard one it's the low access one there we go and clicks that one's in the bottom one piece of cake fitted with the impact Mark pickages and I need to go ahead and get these little brackets rebolted I actually didn't even have to pull the bolts out of these guys I could have just kind of left them there but let's get the bolts back in these and then we'll swing these brackets back up and then bolt this stiff unit back together and now I can plug it in thick we're gonna do the not lining up game is that is that what this is hmm no worries anytime just tap it on in there and let me run these threads down some way just some of the way I need to be able to still move this thing up and down okay that one's in let's go around to the driver's side let's go around the driver's side and we'll get that other bolt in on this other bracket right here same situation that fit cool let's get that guy on I'll run it down and I'll make it tight but not all the way tight aren't you going any farther stop hey when they installed this this thing was made super tight no worries okay let's let the the diff down a little bit nut gravity we'll let the dip down some and then we can start getting these uh these mounts and stuff lined up you're taking precaution to not let this thing hit that thing I think it clears it but I don't want to break it okay there we go a little bit more down action clearances are good let's get the side bolts in on this bracket over here I know I can get this one in no problem see we're still not down far enough yet see how the bolt hole right here doesn't line up with the threads so we're going to come down a little farther Mall and we'll give that a bit of a tug I think we're lining up it better be swiggle it hmm there and that far away one you're next as tempting as it might be again you gotta put these guys in by hand don't just hit him with a gun these uh these are cannot repair once ruined type of thread situation there we go that started we'll get a couple more threads in with the ratchet just to make sure Skipper that's going in straight good to go let's lock this bracket down and then we'll get the uh the passenger side twice clicks Thrice clicks all right okay now just to the right let's get the bottom of that first Mount that we set up let's get that one got that one on there and where's my where's my cxd thank you there we go 260. [Music] good to go geez okay let's move back over and get this last bracket set up why that's why okay one more bolt right here we'll run these last two in let's let this down some more I don't need this jack stand I think we're done with that that one's not straight now it is clicks twice clicks all right that bracket's on let's tighten up this bolt and it's counterpart on the other side and then uh I'll go ahead and extend that little vent tube thing we can let this down after we put the skid Shield Plate on and then we'll test it out all right going in one more bolt right here nice and of course it's counterpart over here on this side we just give this thing the impacting reach around here we're gonna get a hold of it mix okay this unit is now secure it's bolted back in let's throw that skid plate on all right panels coming in next here let's get this guy fitted it's just three more bolts and nuts three nuts and three bolts and some washers the back one in there next I mean all right panel's going in got two of the bolts in Already Here Comes number three and we get that nut on we'll tighten these things down let's run these guys down and get out of here ah get on there was that the wrong size sure is it was a 15. what was I thinking okay panels in get your nuts and bolts tight down and last one right here in the middle nope wrong way sweet all right let's get out of here all right we're out of there that's all buttoned up bolted together reconnected let's let this thing down fire it back up put it back full drive and see if we have front actuator locking actuation here I'm gonna go fetch my healthy helper darling can I borrow you okay I'll be right back be a deer and hop in this thing and start the engine and then operate the four-wheel drive thank y'all yeah start it um and yeah go ahead and start it yeah engine on foot on the brake and oh you need to go up in the air side okay put it in neutral no that the other shifter that one put it in neutral and then pull the shifter down that's four wheel drive and then move it all the way over to the right and then all the way forward that's four low foot on the brake put it in gear there you go and let off let off the brake let's check the other side I saw that one move for a second that one's going okay okay foot on the brake uh reach up and push that uh differential Locker button the one on the right yep all right is there a red indicator on the dash all right let's go see it hang on put on the brake don't move it climbing in hey look what we got there's all right let off the break some okay you hear that click so we've got four wheel drive indicator is now indicated and the rear Locker is now indicated uh to keep foot off the brake just let it roll one's going that one's going and let's see if it's actually locked no I can't stop it yep that's actually in the lock position and the front unfortunately is not a locker that's open but we do have front-wheel drive action uh put on foot on the brake please slowly let off yep that one's going now it's trying to go all right foot on the brake straighten the wheel up because it turned straight yep uh go ahead and put it in neutral and then bring it uh let me in there bring the four wheel drive shifter over it back into too high so that's all the way back towards you and then to the left then all the way forward no the other way there you go All the Way Forward push it real hard ER harder harder you can do it I can't let off the brakes on there you go and now you're out of you're in two wheel drive you're out of four low uh the diff lock is still actuated so press the button up on the console up top and we're good to go okay shut her down thank you darling allow me all right that is a confirmed kill we have four wheel drive actuation we have our indicators indicating system is now operating as designed we found a Smoking Gun with all the water in that uh in that unit I do need to put the vent tube back together and we're good to go so that being said thank you guys for watching this video as always we hope you enjoyed this video if she wasn't even looking we hope you enjoyed this video if you did enjoy this video please feel free to let us know about that by tapping that like button down below and most importantly do not forget so it's a great day oh that was so cute see you guys later in a transmission in a Toyota

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Published: Wed Mar 15 2023