Help I lost front wheel drive.....

[LittleBeast]

That sounds really strange. So, you are saying the TOD works but it sounds like it most certainly isn't working, otherwise you would still get AWD and power would be going to the front diff.

Simple question, what happens when you are in 4LO? Does the TOD indicator light up all the bars on the front tires? Does 4LO seem to work? You should be able to tell right away.

Bart

Yeah the lights work just like they always have, and there is no indication that it is not engaging correctly, when it is in 4Hi I can turn the front driveshaft (which I should not be able to do in the 1st place), then when I engage 4lo I can no longer freely turn the front driveshaft, therefore I know it has locked in 4lo and should be turning front wheels, but it does not, and once again no weird noises no popping, no clicking nothing out of ordinary other than it is riding a lot more quiet on the highway and getting much better gas mileage. Oh and I can actually break the back tires loose now, where as before I could feel TOD transfer the power and I couldn't drift the VX, now it is cake to get it sideways while in TOD.

Didn't you just have new gears put in?

As Bart asked...does everything work in 4lo? If not I'd have the ring and pinion checked. If everything works in 4lo but not 4hi check the wiring /plugs going into the transfer case. Hitting the mud may have pulled something loose or got mud in the connector (needs cleaned).

Neither 4hi or 4 lo has front wheel drive.

Weird, it sounds like the shifter is in-between 4-lo and 4-hi and only giving you 2wd.

I am thinking it has something to do with the new gears put in. I did the install but NOT the setup. I had the rear 4.78 totally rebuilt with the LSD, but the front 4.78 just had the 4 bolt flange replaced with our 6 bolt flange, they did not feel it necessary to rebuild.

My questions since I do not know what exactly can break inside a differential too well, is:

-what inside of a diff (pumpkin) 3rd member can break that would cause no other signs than simply no power to wheels?

-If CV's broke wouldn't I experience some sort of noise while driving?

-Also if the Hubs broke once again wouldn't I be able to hear or notice something?

-Could I infact have destroyed the clutch or engaging mechanism inside the TOD transfer case? But wouldn't the front diff still not allow free movement of the driveshaft if this was true?

-It has to be inside the diff then right? Should I drain the front diff fluid and see if there is any metal shavings in it? Can you blow a carrier bearing? I need to start taking it apart again, JOY!

If its both then maybe its something forward of the transpher case?

I think you may be correct. Sigh.....