Wow congratulation jedi!
Your description gives me so much confidence specially with the outcome
of your chain replacement. However I thought about performing this heavy
job too all by myself, because I've been having this loud noise when
accelerate specially at high RPM also while making a quick take off.

Although! some described it to be much difficult than changing trans. Fluid
which I did 5 months ago. but the way you described your experience
doing it + the outcome of it made me feel like to take a try. So now,
I wonder how was you able to replace the chain without dropping the
entire transfer case down? I wish you only have to dropp down one side of the shaft, remove all the bolts around side of the transfer case to replace
the chain.

wish you could give me some more tips on that because dropping the entire
transfer case down will not be on my project, the fact that I've been doing
all of my heavy jobs on the side street, or at one autozone parking lot near me. Because I don't have a private driveway like you folks, I live in NYC
where parking space is cocaine out here.

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