FWD on AWD GsX?

[Generation1JeY]

The guy i just bought my car from recently experienced the flawed transfer case. He locked the wheels up when he was driving one time, nothing bad happened but it shot the transfer case and the shaft.

So for the past however long its been hes been driving without it in, in this case the car has ZERO low end power in first and second gears, just sits there and revs in first gear. Its basically FWD without the transfer case, anyway i was just wondering if thats a really stupid thing to do or what? does that hurt anything ont he car like the tranny or the differential in the back?

I have a used transfer case sitting in my gargae and today i recieved the transfer shaft. I'm not sure exactly how to install it, but the guy who sold me the car left a grip of tools in the back saying that these are needed to do the installation. Me and my friend could figure it out tommorrow, but i just thought i would run it by u guys and see what u thought about it.

Anyway how does it work? Like transmission, then the transfer shaft that i just recieved, to the transfer case, then does it go to a driveshaft? then to the rear differential?

Just found out last night my 92 GSX was made in Febuary great news, 6-bolt motor

 

[steve]

If the car has spent any time driving like you describe it's going to need a new VCU on the center diff. It was the only reason the car even moved and did so by heating up and locking.
Plan on replacing it.

I'm not sure if you talking about the output shaft that runs from the trans to the transfer case.
If so you need to make sure the output shaft and the transfer case match in the number of splines (the teeth ground in the shaft) before going much farther. There are two different sets. Changing the shaft isn't too difficult from what I've looks at and read. It's held in place by a single retaining ball captured by the VCU. You take the outer case off, remove the snap ring holding the VCU on, remove the ball, and slide the output shaft out.

Look at the various VFAQs in the drivetrain section to get an idea of what goes where and get yourself a good service manual, that will save you big money in the long run.
http://www.vfaq.com/FAQlocator-drivetrain.html

Steve