While I was out on that test drive with the new driveshaft, I had completely misunderstood the process of the figure 8's. I thought you did it IN Edrive on dirt. So, that's what I did and after a short time, I heard a POP, and was then stuck in Edrive. Couldn't get it out. It operated just as it should have being in Edrive, so I was sure I didn't break anything internally in the QT. The next day, I manually got it disengaged, and began working properly again. After getting some insight from Flint Boardman, we determined it was possibly Stick Slip. Flint had chatted with a gentleman a few years ago here that over came the same issue with a home made QT fluid. We decided to try that before taking the QT housing apart again.
So, brings us to today. I put this new QT fluid recipe in today, and it worked beautifully. No more binding in the front wheels. BUT, it doesn't seem like the Edrive is working now. When I engage the switch, the dash light turns on, but it definitely doesn't feel like it's in Edrive. I have a brand new Edrive diaphragm in and I hooked my hand vacuum pump up to the release side and then the apply side, and both are holding vacuum. Is it possible that the new fluid was good for the stick slip, but the Edrive isn't liking it? Unless that new fluid recipe is SO lubricating that even turning the wheel in Edrive, you won't feel the hopping at all.
