95 tahoe 4wd. million miles on the body 30K on the "new" engine. (230 total)

few months ago i started hearing clicking from the front when turning in 4wd. figured cv joints acting up . does fine in 2wd. well a few days ago clicking started when turning in 2wd, today got my left axle replaced, when i cut the boot, the bearings just fell out. lol. in any case. now does just fine in 2wd no clicking nothing, passenger side axle is fine also. so both axles are ok. if i go and put it in 4wd and try to turn, it clicks again. is it the front differential? i know it has to be something from the transfer case forward. or is it the driveshaft between the transfer case and the front diff? could anyone here take a look at it and perhaps fix it, i looked at advance today, the differential rebuild kit (gears, bearings, etc) is 100-200 bucks, he couldn't really tell me what i need cuz we didn't know exactly what was broken. anyways back to the point, could someone here (with a lift) take a look at it, and perhaps quote me, i really dont have time to do it myself, nor i have a lift.

[Edited on March 12, 2007 at 8:22 PM. Reason : ]

3/12/2007 8:21:49 PM

pm gk2004, his roomate is good on driveline stuff like that

3/12/2007 8:24:05 PM

if it's when u turn wouldnt it just be like cv joints on a fwd car? u have an ind. front susp also

[Edited on March 12, 2007 at 8:39 PM. Reason : d]

3/12/2007 8:39:28 PM

^ he already had one cv replaced.


do you think it might be the right cv now?

3/12/2007 8:58:07 PM

that's what common sense would tell me.

3/12/2007 9:04:30 PM

sometimes when u replace cv joints with reman. ones.. they still click and u have to bring them back. we went through like 3 sets on the celica till my dad said fuggit and bought new toyota ones/or reman toyota ones

3/12/2007 9:07:02 PM

no i took it to axle connections today, they replaced the left front axle, and cut up the boots on the other one to check it. so both axles are fine. gotta be something else. and yes, only when turning

3/12/2007 9:12:02 PM

uh, did they replace the boots they cut...?

also, you can't always tell if one is bad just by looking at it.

3/12/2007 9:16:57 PM

meh just ignore it ull be find. i ignored my fucked up axles on the celica forEVER

(turn the music up)

[Edited on March 12, 2007 at 11:12 PM. Reason : d]

3/12/2007 11:11:50 PM

so can anyone take a look at it for me?

3/12/2007 11:12:55 PM

yeah, i don't mind at least taking a look/listen to it this weekend or next week if you don't find anyone else first. should feel up to doing stuff again by then.

i'm guessing you've ruled out it being normal drivetrain noise in 4wd? you typically will get some clicking, etc. as the drivetrain binds and unloads from the 50/50 torque split at the t-case.

the only other two things i'd consider off the top of my head would the spider/side gears or the driveshaft u joints. unlikely to be the u joints if it's just when turning. could possibly be a wheel bearing assembly too i guess. hard to say without hearing it.

i'm still betting it's the other cv shaft though. it'll be toast real soon anyway unless they replaced the boots that they cut to check it.

3/12/2007 11:47:31 PM

my ram hopped and clicked randomly in 4x4 all da timez

3/13/2007 12:11:04 AM

my tahoe does some similiar shit in 4wd only..not sure why but i'm about ready to drive the damn thing off a cliff at this point so who cares

3/13/2007 11:32:54 AM

control arm bushings, its normal

[Edited on March 13, 2007 at 1:29 PM. Reason : with close to 200k on my truck, anything short of an explosion doesnt bother me]

3/13/2007 1:29:06 PM

^^^^ is sunday ok for you?

3/13/2007 7:53:13 PM

had it on the lift to weld up an exhaust today, just enough time to snap a few with my phone.... prolly pointless but whatever

[Edited on March 13, 2007 at 8:07 PM. Reason : ]

3/13/2007 8:06:05 PM

yeah, that doesn't really show much.

you don't ever go in any mud do you?

yeah, sunday will probably be okay... drop me a line friday or saturday to make sure.

3/13/2007 8:18:30 PM

no, no mud, never.

is there a place around here where i could pressure wash underneath the car. i got a pressure washer, once again, just need a lift grr

3/13/2007 9:07:37 PM

just give ur truck a lift and put some bigger tires under. u wont ever need a lift to pressure wash again.

3/13/2007 9:17:50 PM

throw a lawn sprinkler, u know the one that shoots water vertically and moves back and forth under ur junk. leave it for an hour or so. it'll clean the underneath up pretty well

3/13/2007 9:32:11 PM

^yep

3/13/2007 9:35:49 PM

at least its a clean work area

3/13/2007 11:07:26 PM

i dont own a lawn

3/14/2007 2:18:50 AM

you could own a lawn sprinkler though

3/14/2007 2:28:49 PM

take that bitch to haw river

3/14/2007 3:17:31 PM

^^that's very true.
^that's what i said, might as well drive it into a lake

3/14/2007 5:44:10 PM

or you could just use a hoe to get the mud off... either one will work.

3/14/2007 4:55:18 PM