Muddy Beast
NAXJA Forum User
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- WA
So I pulled the drain plug today to see if my worries were true...and to see if I was in fact running on a dry 242. Turns out I had about a quart in there. Which is good considering it has been showing signs of a severe leak in the last few months.
All was good till I noticed some chunks of something sitting by the drain hole. A little poking around and I managed to get out this...
The silver-ish/bigger piece is magnetic and appears to be cast. The other darker ones appear to be a metal...but I'm unsure, non-magnetic though, so maybe aluminum or even ceramic? And there's a bigger piece of what feels like it may be the rest of the magnetic piece inside the t-case that I can't get out...it's maybe an inch long piece, fairly straight and jagged.
So does anyone have an idea of what this could be? I've been getting a grinding noise from the t-case under normal driving (constant hum type deal) and I noticed a month ago that if I spun the front driveshaft it would make a grinding noise near the t-case. 4 wheel drive in all aspects has been working great though, neutral works as well.
How hard is it to pull a 242 in the driveway and replace it? Will it (likely) be easier to just try and repair whatever broke with the 242 inside the car still?
And how can all those chunks of whatever end up at the bottom of the t-case and seemingly not effect anything? Bearing maybe?
Thanks!
All was good till I noticed some chunks of something sitting by the drain hole. A little poking around and I managed to get out this...
The silver-ish/bigger piece is magnetic and appears to be cast. The other darker ones appear to be a metal...but I'm unsure, non-magnetic though, so maybe aluminum or even ceramic? And there's a bigger piece of what feels like it may be the rest of the magnetic piece inside the t-case that I can't get out...it's maybe an inch long piece, fairly straight and jagged.
So does anyone have an idea of what this could be? I've been getting a grinding noise from the t-case under normal driving (constant hum type deal) and I noticed a month ago that if I spun the front driveshaft it would make a grinding noise near the t-case. 4 wheel drive in all aspects has been working great though, neutral works as well.
How hard is it to pull a 242 in the driveway and replace it? Will it (likely) be easier to just try and repair whatever broke with the 242 inside the car still?
And how can all those chunks of whatever end up at the bottom of the t-case and seemingly not effect anything? Bearing maybe?
Thanks!