# 4wd won't engage, 2000 silverado

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [November 25, 2013, 9:53am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/4wd-wont-engage-2000-silverado/267979 "2013-11-25T09:53:44Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 6:54am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/4wd-wont-engage-2000-silverado/267979/20 "2013-11-26T06:54:38Z")

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> [@Woot, go newegg, F NYS!!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/woot-go-newegg-f-nys/53683/7):
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> i have the same style 4wd in my 97. just a lesson i learned the hard way, put it in 4wd BEFORE you get stuck. Once you’re stuck sometimes it wont engage the front diff without rotating the front wheels.

it won’t work sitting in the driveway/going down the road so getting stuck and then trying it is not my problem lol

it’s gotta be a problem in the diff, I just have this mindset that if it’s in the diff it should be making some kind of bad sound. Am I so wrong to think that?

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