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Ok....but how do you explain the way the driver side front tire was behaving? It was floating about an inch or three above ground. I gassed it and the tire spun freely until I heard a clank, after which it slowed WAY down, I felt the vehicle regain a little traction and I started to move forward. This happened within the span of about 8 seconds. I couldn't sell it if I wanted to , though, 'cause ARB has been a little slow w/ the promised locker.

It's all really simple. You don't have front LSD. The fact that you front wheel is in the air doesn't mean that it has to spin fiercely. With center diff locked, front and rear drive shafts must rotate at the same speed. Until rear axle looses traction front wheel without one will not spin. It will rote with the same speed as rear even in the air. If you have locker engaged in the rear, both rear wheels must loose traction before front starts spinning. What you observed is normal behavior when rear axle momentarily lost traction and then gained it back.

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