The recent snow that we got caused me to lock my hubs and use the 4 wheel drive on my 1985 4 runner. Just locking the hubs causes quite a bit of noise - when the tranfer case is engaged it turns into a loud whine. In 2 wheel drive with the hubs un-locked - there is no noise. I checked the fluid level in the differential and the transfer case - both are full. It's to cold to pull anything a part - I'm just asking for a few suggestions. For the record - I've owned this runner for about 5 years and I've wheeled it several times. Please don't flame me - this ain't Pirate. The cold weather may be the problem - the fluids were very thick.

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