First 4wd vehicle

This is my first post on a forum ever so bear with me.

I recently purchased an 02 Sr5 with a flashing 4wd Led indicator, figured it was no issue I couldn’t figure out, the seller said it was stuck in 4hi, I figured alright no big deal I’m driving it back in a snowstorm anyway. Made it home luckily, started to do some research and went first to the transfer case actuator/motor. I just got it pulled. It’s bad, I don’t think I can rebuild/recondition it. I have a new one on the way. I guess my question is do I manually turn the gear in the actuator to get the truck bad in 2wd to get all the tabs to line back up? Should I have the front and rear end off the ground while doing so? See pic for science purposes

 

That picture just keeps getting better and better the more times I look at it.

 

Here is the full TOYOTA service manual:
https://docs.google.com/fileview?id...Tk4NjUtYjk1Y2ZiNjMxMTFk&hl=en&invite=COG4vfsI

Maybe you can download and find a service procedure in there?

 

I want to know the cause of death of that hammer. And is the rifle a suspect?

 

welcome, nice hammer

 

Welcome from Wisconsin!

 

Welcome

 

Thank you

 

I believe I was using it for non hammer tasks