My 04 awd express just popped something hard in the driveline. I thought it may be the chain in the transfer case but upon getting it home and jacked up I can turn the front wheels and the rear drive shaft moves. So tonight I will drop the transfer case and see if I didn't just snap the output shaft. Trans has just over 30K on it. Not a happy camper, I needed the truck for a BIG job tomorrow. Anyone know if the input of the transfer case is directly attached to the output of the rear driveshaft?

 

No. Power goes through a planetary gear.

 

 

What does the id plate say? BW4473?



Can I ask how the failure happened?

 

Don't have any idea. I was just pulling out of our local post office and upon accelerating it popped (sounded like a gun shot) then there was no connection from the trans to the drivetrain. There has to be some sort of snap ring inside that failed. The truck just turned 200k. I did service the transfer case at about 165k when I replaced the trans. It pushed the input oil seal out of the housing.
I have ordered a rebuilt transfer case, hopefully get it this week and get this thing back on the road.