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transfer case ...sloppy chain? - 4/5/2008 5:29:36 PM    daksport91   Posts: 56 Joined: 10/23/2007 Status: offline so recently sometimes when i first let off on the gas i get  a clink clink clink sound... today i jacked up the rear end and traced the slop in the drivetrain to the transfer case.  I was told it is probably just a sloppy chain and its nothing to worry about, it will still drive like that for a long time. my question... running it like this, will it wreck more things?  Cheapest and easiest solution?(rebuild t-case, get used one from wreckers??) thanks Post #: 1

RE: transfer case ...sloppy chain? - 4/6/2008 5:59:06 PM    Crazy4x4RT DodgeForum Moderator Posts: 958 Joined: 8/10/2007 Status: offline It could be many things the usual thing is the u-joints. If it is the tcase chain Then it is posible to skip some teeth and wear everything out alot quicker. Its best not to let it wait. Spend some time checking it. If you cant find it most shops will do a free test drive. See what they think. _____________________________ 93 Dakota Was 2wd 5.2 NOW 4X4 5.9RT 33x12.5 6in lift 1/4mile 15.259 85mph at over 1mile el 14.2 sea lv. http://www.youtube.com/user/truck93 "No truck should ever be lowerd! NEVER" (in reply to daksport91) Post #: 2

RE: transfer case ...sloppy chain? - 4/7/2008 5:44:12 PM    daksport91   Posts: 56 Joined: 10/23/2007 Status: offline well i did isolate it to the t-case....or tranny.... its not the u-joints......ill probably look into picking up a t-case from the wreckers, be cheaper than getting mine rebuilt  (in reply to Crazy4x4RT) Post #: 3

RE: transfer case ...sloppy chain? - 4/7/2008 8:03:58 PM    noodle Posts: 116 Joined: 12/12/2007 From: Manistee Michigan Status: offline Probably not actually, because there is no way that you need a complete rebuild, and changing out the chain isnt that difficult. _____________________________ 1995 Dakota SLT 4x4 5.2 318ci Flowmaster 40 Series Couple Bells and Whistles (in reply to daksport91) Post #: 4

RE: transfer case ...sloppy chain? - 4/8/2008 7:46:33 PM    daksport91   Posts: 56 Joined: 10/23/2007 Status: offline any online tutorials to give me  a idea?  i figure the t-case might have went empty on previous owner because of the leak... would other parts need to be relpaced because of it being ran empty? (in reply to noodle) Post #: 5

RE: transfer case ...sloppy chain? - 4/8/2008 8:35:30 PM    Crazy4x4RT DodgeForum Moderator Posts: 958 Joined: 8/10/2007 Status: offline Check out http://4x4trailhunters.com/article.php?id=20 _____________________________ 93 Dakota Was 2wd 5.2 NOW 4X4 5.9RT 33x12.5 6in lift 1/4mile 15.259 85mph at over 1mile el 14.2 sea lv. http://www.youtube.com/user/truck93 "No truck should ever be lowerd! NEVER" (in reply to daksport91) Post #: 6

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