So I hit an admittedly harder trail than I should have today, and had some bind in the front while in 4lo, and heard some loud clicking noises while making it up an obstacle. Stayed in 4lo the rest of the trail, then when I went to go home and shifted to 4hi, as soon as I shifted to drive the front of the rig sounded like I had gravel in the driveline and I couldn’t move forward. I shifted back to 4lo and it went away and would move normally. I then went back to 4hi, but locked the center diff and it was quiet and moved forward just fine. I ended up getting a flat tow a mile into town, and am getting a flat bed tow home tomorrow, but I’m not making sense of what the issues could be. It sounded like a destroyed the front diff, but I don’t know why locking the center would make the noise go away and the rig seem fine.
Has anyone experienced anything like this that can give me a start in what to check this week when I can get under it?
Has anyone experienced anything like this that can give me a start in what to check this week when I can get under it?