4wd actuator

1994 CHEVROLET SILVERADO
250,000 MILES • 5.7L • V8 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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BERT4HOYT
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I purchase upgrade actuator and install it on my 94 chevy silverado k1500 pickup and only 4wd low engages and hi won't what else can be wrong
Mar 16, 2020 at 3:52 AM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Is it shifting between 4 lo and 2 hi? If not, have you checked for issues at the actuator on the transfer case? Is the front axle actuator working?

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Joe
Mar 17, 2020 at 10:30 AM
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BERT4HOYT
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Yes it shifts from low to hi but only low works and the light also works, but not in hi. I can hear the actuator engage in low and not hi. I drove in 4wd low work grade.
Mar 17, 2020 at 10:39 AM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Hi,

Was this an issue prior to replacement of the actuator? When you say actuator, exactly what part are you referring to? If you are getting power for 4 low, you should get it for 4 high unless the switch itself is bad.

Let me know.
Joe
Mar 17, 2020 at 11:07 AM
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BERT4HOYT
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I did replace transfer case switch and upgrade actuator with the new wire harness and the brown wire to the power wire of the transfer case switch or am I wrong ?
Mar 17, 2020 at 11:35 AM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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No, the brown wire is power. See if there is power to it when you select 4hi.

Joe
Mar 17, 2020 at 11:38 AM
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