Quote Originally Posted by evillecutter View Post
are the joints that connect the shaft inbetween the front differential to the transfer case also called cv joints?
sorry to sound dumb but everyone i talk to calls all this crap something different
Yes the front drive shaft uses rzeppa CV joints (same as halfshafts), the rear dirve shaft is u-joints.

When my CVs got really bad, the sound was more of a constant short, light clunk

clunk, clunk, clunk, clunk

I really don't know about:

ping ping pop ping pop

Definitely not what I heard with my CVs but that doesn't mean they're not the problem... in other words I have no idea.

On a side, this is why I got manual hubs. It really helps in troubleshooting & bypassing front end problems. With manual hubs, you could pull the front drive shaft and be completely rear wheel drive to help locate the sound. Alternatively, Jofotos has a method to disconnecting the front axles with a big sponge. Might be useful if you don't want the manual hubs but want to disconnect the half shafts for troubleshooting