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[offrdon2]

I'm free most of the day tomorrow.

 

[offrdon2]

Assembled the front axle and I'm having the same problem still. I noticed some very slight play on the right axle shaft before assembly but I doubt that's the cause of all the rotation I still have in the front drive shaft. The guys at marlin say that LC transfer cases usually don't go bad but that's what I suspect now

 

[megolfer]

Have u checked u joints. If a u joint is going bad it will vibrate

 

[ToyotaDon]

Edwin came by today and I took a quick look at it. Most of the noise seemed to be coming from the RH front axle area. The front driveshaft moved a lot when he shifted it.

I was suspecting the drive flanges could be starting to strip, but if there's no damage there, it may be deeper. Do you guys think a birfield would make a clunk noise without any other symptoms like clicking when turning?

Still could be in the axle or birfield. Everything is connected together.

 

[hudyhue]

Man Im really wondering now if we have the same issue... I just noticed ur rig is a 92 also... Cruise by the house one of these afternoons

 

[Diskord]

Assembled the front axle and I'm having the same problem still. I noticed some very slight play on the right axle shaft before assembly but I doubt that's the cause of all the rotation I still have in the front drive shaft. The guys at marlin say that LC transfer cases usually don't go bad but that's what I suspect now

I don't see how the transfer case could be the problem....but again, I've never worked on one of those cruisers and am not familiar with the entire system.

The way I see it... If the front tires are stationary, then the birf's wont move, and then axles connected to the birf's wont move, and the diff connected to the axles wont move, and the pinion flange bolted to the diff wont move, and the drive-shaft bolted to the pinion flange wont move. This is a simplification naturally, and doesnt take into account gear lash or other tolerances.