Postby Hooligan » Thu Dec 26, 2013 6:48 pm
It sounds like you have more than one issue going on here. Remember that the left/right gear is all located in the front of the car and that is where the noise should be coming from. Your problem sounds like badly worn universal joints in the front axles, specifically the ends closest to the wheels. Get the front wheels off the ground. Turn the wheels sharply to the left or right and spin the tires by hand while listening for sounds. Spin the tires slightly back and forth and check backlash, look for movement in the tire with no corresponding movement of the axle. There should be no backlash.
The other issue can be diagnosed by removing the driveshaft to the front differential to see if the problem goes away. If the car still will not move then you have issues in the transfer case which I suspect.
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Hooligan on Fri Dec 27, 2013 2:50 pm, edited 1 time in total.