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Broken Center Diff or T-Case?

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ebb3ka94

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Apr 22, 2013
Lincoln, Nebraska
While normal driving I hear or feel hardly nothing, but if i put it in reverse and crank the wheel to the left and ease of the clutch to get moving there is a knocking sound and the wheel tries and skip. This is the only time it happens. Left side axle moves around a little bit in sync with the sound on the clunk. Car also now is able to break tires loose at 40mph, almost like only some wheels get power. Video is of the right side axle(doesnt move, but I get the same sound) Ideas? Or maybe clunking its ok, and my axle is the problem thats cause the wheel to skip?

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Sounds like your transfer case is shot. Kind of hard to tell in the video though.

Ok I got the car off all 4s. Will post a video of that soon. Its like 4 minutes longs showing lots of different things this time. Back wheels spin as they should no hiccups, they turn the driveshaft just little bit until the DS just gets stuck, but still allows the back wheels to spin. Front wheels only both turn at the same if given very very very little pressure to spin them(like 1 finger pull) but as soon as the clicking/clunking starts the other wheels stops. Front wheels move driveshaft 0%

new video-http://www.flickr.com/photos/57800987@N03/9473913257/
 
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Drain your transfer case. I bet it has a lot of metal chunks in it.

Before I do that, Id like to point out that I lifted the car again. This time I put it in gear and let is idle, 3 wheels spun perfect but the front drivers side stayed still.
 
drain your tranny fluid and check to see if anything metallic drains out. you would know if its a broken cv axle by seeing it broken. You can kind of skip the transfer case because it powers the rear wheels.
 
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