MS, yea thats the first thing that crossed my mind was that crabbing effect, ive never felt it from 4wd but the way ive heard id described thats almost exactly what she was doin, but i wasnt in 4wd so i dunno

Ldub, i more felt the grinding than heard it and could almost be sure its from the front, but ill have someone listen while i turn to make sure its not coming from the back, i havent touched the differential since i got it but had the vx checked out by a dealer a couple days after buying.. its been about a year now w/o problems, could just be going, probably time to change it out anyway so ill probably go ahead and do that this weekend even if thats not the problem

thanks