Transfer Case is Toast

[sethhatfield]

Well, I'm about to become an amateur transfer case technician. The thing needed a chain already (136,000 miles) but I've been gentle enough not to make it skip for a month or so. Today, after changing the back tires I realized the horrible road noise was actually the output shaft splines or the bearing perhaps. Either way the drive shaft can be twisted back and forth a bit without the output shaft moving. There is a clanking noise when I turn it also.

It sounds like a cash register opening which is appropriate since the parts are friggin' outrageous!