Hey guys, we were at Stony Lonesome this past weekend and I decided to dip my toe on 1 final trail on the last day before heading back to camp. Needless to say, we heard a loud pop and i proceeded to lose all power to my front wheels. See video below for the moment it happened.
Afterwards, I noticed my driver's inner CV boot clamp had broken so I assumed that was the pop i heard. I replaced the driver CV axle but we still have no power to either front wheel. When we pulled the old CV off and installed the new CV, the output shaft splines coming out of the diff looked normal. HOWEVER, if you spin the little output shaft, you can hear clicking coming from inside the diff housing...
I drained the front diff fluid but there is no visible metal fragments or filings inside (see photo below). I also verified front driveshaft is spinning properly when driving forward.
Does anyone have an idea of what else is broken and causing no power to the front wheels? Perhaps the intermediate shaft on the passenger side or some spider gears inside front diff? I figure that would leave metal in the fluid but who knows.
Sidenote: we were climbing a steep obstacle but there was almost no weight on the front tires. They were just spinning in loose gravel and not bound up in any way. Which makes it so strange that this was when the (__________) in the front decided to implode
TIA!! PFA!!
Afterwards, I noticed my driver's inner CV boot clamp had broken so I assumed that was the pop i heard. I replaced the driver CV axle but we still have no power to either front wheel. When we pulled the old CV off and installed the new CV, the output shaft splines coming out of the diff looked normal. HOWEVER, if you spin the little output shaft, you can hear clicking coming from inside the diff housing...
I drained the front diff fluid but there is no visible metal fragments or filings inside (see photo below). I also verified front driveshaft is spinning properly when driving forward.
Does anyone have an idea of what else is broken and causing no power to the front wheels? Perhaps the intermediate shaft on the passenger side or some spider gears inside front diff? I figure that would leave metal in the fluid but who knows.
Sidenote: we were climbing a steep obstacle but there was almost no weight on the front tires. They were just spinning in loose gravel and not bound up in any way. Which makes it so strange that this was when the (__________) in the front decided to implode
TIA!! PFA!!
