1999 Sportsman 500 wont engage 4×4 in Low Range

Good Morning All,

Many thanks to many of you for helping me fix my 1999 project machine when i got it in 2016. I got it used and found out later my craigslist deal was a debacle with the engine/cam issue and due to costs of repairs i was forced to try to fix it myself. With no experience you all helped me fix it. I wish you could have seen the look on my face when it started after doing all the work LOL.

Low and behold its still running........my daughter loves it, she rides it much, i use it for dragging an occasional deer and firewood on the trailer to the house.

now to my question............

My machine seems to not engage 4x4 in Low Range, maybe that is by design so i do not tear something up? I was attempting to pull firewood trailer in the snow this weekend and 4x4 works fine in reverse, fine in hi range but when i use it in low range i can see the drive shaft turning to the front end and i can feel the axles turning so its like the hubs are not engaging on it. I don't know where the sensors are that detect how the 4x4 engages so not sure how it works. Just curious how things work on it.

Not sure if it makes any difference but my spedo doesn't work and while searching on here i read that you wont have 4x4 if your speedo doesn't work but that isn't necessarily the case in my situation.

Thanks in advance for everyone and their knowledge here,
Robert

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