3 wheel drive?

[traacer]

Here's the deal...last snow we had I put the truck in 4X4, and i have manual warn locking hubs. When going over 35mph you would hear clicking/grinding so I figured the hubs had to much grease in them. CLeaned out the hubs with brake cleaner really well and made sure that they fully go to free and lock. Here's the real fun part...the driver's side wheel won't turn, but the passenger's side wheel does. Both hubs engage the axles, checked that when I finished cleaning them and putting them back on. No luck, still made the sounds after a hub cleaning. I'm thinking the gears in the front diff are stripped or competely shot. How much of a pain is it to change in new gears, how do I check them, how much lighter is my wallet going to get? I've never worked with the internals on a diff before and have no clue what I'm looking for so I figured ask the Ranger Gods!

 

[Hahnsb2]

Unless there's something I'm missing that is normal for an open diff.

 

[COPPERHEAD85]

Unless there's something I'm missing that is normal for an open diff.

....Same here.

 

[4x4junkie]

Clicking/grinding sounds wouldn't be normal to me... But the one-wheel-at-a-time action would be (unless you mean you lock the hubs in with the vehicle up on a hoist and you can't turn the driverside wheel by hand... in which case the axle u-joint and/or spindle needle bearing might be frozen). A little more clarification what exactly it is or isn't doing might be needed here.

 

[traacer]

Not sure how, but I think when I cleaned the hubs there was some residual cleaner in them and it froze since it was cold when I cleaned them. Took them in the house let them warm up and hit them again with brake cleaner, and happy times! Got full 4 wheel drive back. Sorry, but have no idea with the differences in diffs. I'm assuming it's open, but I don't know a whole lot about the differences between all of them.

 

[Hahnsb2]

Clicking/grinding sounds wouldn't be normal to me...

Sometimes I read about as well as Ray Charles

 

[4x4junkie]

lol, I guess it happens to all of us on occasion

Traacer, yes, you should have an "open" front diff provided it hasn't been swapped or modified.

This should help explain it

http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/Feb 06/tech.htm