Well this may be more of a general question. Will the driveshaft and rear wheels turn if my truck is up on jack stands? Just finished installing the BD solenoid upgrades in my 01 2500 47re and Im not getting any movement from the driveshaft in any of the gears. Doing a lot of work on the truck which is why its up on the jack stands. 

On jackstands and in park the rear driveshaft will not spin...only in neutral.  The tires will spin in opposite directions equally while it is in park but not in the same direction.  But everything should spin however you want it to when in neutral. 

Edited January 29, 20196 yr by Bullet

1 hour ago, billhulbert said:

Well this may be more of a general question. Will the driveshaft and rear wheels turn if my truck is up on jack stands? Just finished installing the BD solenoid upgrades in my 01 2500 47re and Im not getting any movement from the driveshaft in any of the gears. Doing a lot of work on the truck which is why its up on the jack stands. 

 

Are you saying turning by hand, or say using the engine?

Using the the engine. I am not sure if the rear wheels need to be weight loaded for drive shaft to turn the rear wheels. Thanks in advance.

10 minutes ago, billhulbert said:

Using the the engine. I am not sure if the rear wheels need to be weight loaded for drive shaft to turn the rear wheels. Thanks in advance.

They do not need to be loaded.  On jackstands and in D, 1, 2, or R the driveshaft and wheels will turn as fast as you want them to under power of the engine.  If they are not spinning in those gears while on jackstands then you have a transmission problem.  UNLESS you have accidentally bumped the transfer case shifter (4x4) into neutral...then nothing would spin in any gear.

Thanks Bullet I didnt think of that but it makes perfect sense. I will check it out shortly and report back.

Thanks for the help this morning bullet. Found out I was way too low on fluid. 

Good deal...at least you found it and are good to go.  I never once thought about the fluid but it's a good thing that you did...?

If you dropped the valve body at all you need to go from P-R-N-D-2-1 wait then go 1-2-D-N-R-P in a really slow fashion so that the valve body has a chance to put Florida into every passageway.

22 minutes ago, pepsi71ocean said:

If you dropped the valve body at all you need to go from P-R-N-D-2-1 wait then go 1-2-D-N-R-P in a really slow fashion so that the valve body has a chance to put Florida into every passageway.

Does our lousy Reading winter weather have you thinking about Florida Pepsi?

46 minutes ago, pepsi71ocean said:

If you dropped the valve body at all you need to go from P-R-N-D-2-1 wait then go 1-2-D-N-R-P in a really slow fashion so that the valve body has a chance to put Florida into every passageway.

The last time I had Florida in every passage way was on the beach in Fort Myers when tide came after trying to drink all the liquor they had down there. That is an impossible task, but it was fun trying.

^^^^

5 hours ago, dave110 said:

Does our lousy Reading winter weather have you thinking about Florida Pepsi?

 

Yes it does haha. Especially since I'm down in Dirty Jerzey currently, even though the girlfriend lives in hamburg, I got to see photos of the snow I missed lmao.

 

Even so dropping that valvebody tonight was brutal as the temperature dropped faster then my kerosene heater could keep up. Not to mention dead shoulders now.

 

Edited January 30, 20196 yr by pepsi71ocean

9 hours ago, pepsi71ocean said:

If you dropped the valve body at all you need to go from P-R-N-D-2-1 wait then go 1-2-D-N-R-P in a really slow fashion so that the valve body has a chance to put Florida into every passageway.

Pepsi I didn't drop the valve body but it did free drain for a few days while it rained here and i couldn't crawl underneath. This is only my second auto ever and I didn't realize that the TC probably drained as well. So it ultimately needed far more fluid then I anticipated. Well she is turning and burning now with no issues. Fingers crossed and thanks again for chimmimg in. Hope you folks stay safe in that weather.

Your valve body showed up safe and sound today!

2 minutes ago, Dynamic said:

Your valve body showed up safe and sound today!

 

That was some great timing, I look forward to seeing what you find. I sure know @Mopar1973Man is curious too.

I'll keep you posted...

On 1/28/2019 at 8:05 PM, Bullet said:

On jackstands and in park the rear driveshaft will not spin...only in neutral.  The tires will spin in opposite directions equally while it is in park but not in the same direction.  But everything should spin however you want it to when in neutral. 

If you have posi traction they won't turn at all in park.