No the Gen II T-case was kind of an innovation at the time it was introduced as it was one of the first cases to give you four choices. 2wd, 4 hi, which is basicly like a subaru AWD, 4hiLC which is like a standard 4 hi with case diff locked and of course 4lo. with the gen 2 you can shift into 4hi at up to 60mph according to the owners manual.

Ha, that sounds really cool! I didn't know about all of that stuff. Thanks for the explanation.

it maybe the carrier(sp?) bearing gone bad. it's around your drive shaft and connected to a bracket. it sits more or less half way from the rear end and the trans. i had mine replaced once so far at my 110k mark.

if you need a pic of what it looks like let me know and i'll post one.

My parents took it to a shop today, and upon my suggestion, had the CV joints inspected as a potential cause of the noise. The shop said that it was, and that the half-shaft(s?) would need replacing. (Fuzzy on that detail- not sure if they recommended one or both)

Anyway, I ran across this thread tonight, and I think that could very well be my problem! The sound is from the passenger side only, and the fact that the shop said the axle needed replacing is a big indicator. Now that I've got this info(and pics from that thread), I want to go down to the mechanic that looked at it and see if that's what he saw inside.

Man, I wish I had a lift(or even some jackstands and a floor jack) so I could look at it myself.

Anyway, this is a cool new lead. If this is the problem, could making a spacer like Richard did in that thread fix my problem if the shaft isn't torn up too bad? That's what it looks like he did. I could fab that myself, too.

It's not as fun as it seems Ned.

Why thars ur problem rite ther! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/notooth.gif" alt="" />

You mean I have to take the whole front diff off just to get to the halfshafts and CV joints?! No way! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/zombie.gif" alt="" />

(I apologize for sounding like a newbie, but, well okay I'm a newbie <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/baby.gif" alt="" />)

Im not sure if you have to completely remove the axle carrier, but it makes it easier to replace the clip and the possibly ruined outer seal.

Don't you get frightened by the look of my Montero's underbelly. I am just very messy when I work <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/notooth.gif" alt="" />.

I haven't read this whole thread, but if it sounds like there's a gnome with a hammer, I'd check to see if it is making regular beats, regardless of speed.














...Because that would be a metrognome

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Well, you can also tell if his eyebrows have been waxed, right? <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />