New transfer case and front differential - should I be worried?

[NCTroutHunter]

He told me that he was crawling up something super steep, he came down and tried over again. Said he messed up the A trac

 

[Madtiger]

He told me that he was crawling up something super steep, he came down and tried over again. Said he messed up the A trac

messed up ATRAC? How do you mess up ABS-based system? I have seen where ATRAC (or like system) may clamp down on the spinning wheel suddenly and cause tie rod to break or maybe axle differential issue…but to also damage transfer case???

I think that he is telling a little lie…….

 

[MrX]

I'm looking at buying a 2011 LC with 146K miles. The owner has had it for less than a year, but added lots of mods: suspension, control arms, ARB bumpers etc (all professionally installed). In the fall he pushed it while wheeling and damaged the A-trac, so he had to get an all new transfer case and all new front differential installed ($7K - ouch).

Should this scare me off from purchasing it?

How hard to do you have to be running the track to damage it this badly?

HARRRRD PASS.

You want a truck that hasn’t been touched, at least IMO.

 

[bloc]

Smoked the torsen center diff somehow? Didn’t use CDL when they should have? I still don’t see how that would kill the front diff.

Point is those parts didn’t exist in a vacuum. Whatever abuse they suffered that pushed them over the limit, was also applied to the rest of the drivetrain. Like maybe the transmission slipped from the fluid pickup being uncovered then caught and shock loaded things. Hypothetically.

Wait for a soccer mom mobile. Yeah the CDL might be finicky but you know the drivetrain hasn’t been beat to hell.

 

[Sandroad]

Someone soaked it??

That's just a drain, flush, refill, repeat. No reason to spend several grand on water in the gears.

I'm thinking physical damage like going airborne and coming down on the front with the wheels spinning wildly?

 

[bloc]

That's just a drain, flush, refill, repeat. No reason to spend several grand on water in the gears.

Unless you didn’t realize it happened and the water in there destroys all the bearings/hardware.