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Master DeRocha!!! I humbly stand corrected. It was the hub. I had an old manual locking hub in my tool box and I thought I would try that before I messed around with the t-case motor. And yes... it worked. Now I need to find another manual hub and I'll have a matching pair. Thanks for...

How? I replaced them both. What are the odds that I would replace them with hubs with exactly the same problems??? I took everything apart (hubs that is) and replaced everything that looked warn or broken. I'm still thinking differential or t-case. Could it be the t-case electric motor...

when I switch off the 4WD and back up the hubs do (the best I can tell) disengage. When I start forward the right hub sounds like it is trying to engage around 10mph. I hit the 4WD and the hubs engage but only after I slow down almost to a stop does the right side fully engage. Once they are...

Well, I cleaned both hub and made sure that all parts were in working order. However this did not fix my problem. I backed the car out of the garage and by the time I reached 10 mph the right hub was buzzing/ratcheting again. Could this be a transfer case issue? I am perplexed. Once the...

170k for my 92 XLT. I've been driving it for the past 6 years. Replaced the water pump last month, the t-case 2 years ago, the fuel pump 3 years ago. Other than that just basic maintenance. Mike

a good cleaning never hurt I suppose. I'll soak them in tranny fluid after a good soaking with some solvent. I'll post the results later tonite or tomorrow. For now it's full-time four wheel drive. Mike

I installed a drain plug in the tranny pan about 80,000 miles ago. Since then I drain the tranny pan at about every other oil change period. Although this does not change all the fluid it does "freshen" it some what. Mike

Thanks for the input gents. I have another hub that I will use on the left side and see if that fixes the problem. Now... one more question. If I want to clean the hubs (internally) without taking them apart before I install them is it safe to soak them in a solvent for a while, drain and...

I read the links that you provided (thank you btw). Helpful yes, but I have another question. In the second link the author (David Van Horn) stated that a auto hub bearing can become so bad that it will actually try to engage the hub on the other side. Is this really possible??? How??? Mike

The noise started at about 10-15 mph. It is a ratching/buzzing noise as if the 4WD is trying to engage but transfer case is in 2WD. I assumed it was a bad hub as I have replaced them before and it was the same noise. I put on a new (used) auto hub and the problem did not get fixed. Again at...