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So I have been chasing a horrible "bag of marbles in a steel bowl" sound for lack of a better term. It all started after I played with my transfer case for the first time, so I ASSUMED the problem was in the transfer case. The scenario: Get up to speed, start coasting down from about 40-45, no problem....hit the brakes and THERE IT IS, that sound. Slower speed, no problem. Slept on it, talked to a few folks, thought maybe the air switch for the front axle engage was stuck, so I tested that and it worked perfect. Checked every fluid in the drive line, can not find a problem. So I was laying on my back, looking at it hoping that the solution would just "materialize" to me.......and so it did. Looked up at the forward upward dogbone and here is what I see. So what was happening was when I hit the brakes, without the upper dogbone in place at all, the axle was rotating forward and the gears in the diff were screaming at me to STOP doing that! So, its now time to find some parts and get to work on this...at least it seems to be a fairly (relatively) easy repair. Gonna have to wait until I get back from NC next week to even start on it.
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