okay so tonite i was wheeling my truck and my front driveshaft got stuck on something hard, maybe a rock? anyways there is a bell looking piece on the transfer case that spins the front driveshaft and it is mangled so that it clanks really loud when i drive and my 4x4 is disabled. i can rotate the drive shaft by hand cuz it has been mangled out of place. what is this bell looking part called? and how hard is it to replace, how expensive etc. thanks!

 

well thats your front pumpkin, thats not gonna be cheap unless you go to a junkard and pull one and do it yourself, you might as well stop driving the truck til it gets fixed cause prolonged use of it, can put strain on your t-case and transmission possibly wiping out the t-case and/or tranny, and most likely cause other front end issues

 

well i was looking under it and im 99% sure its the flange on the transfer case that the driveshaft connects to. so im pulling it out to order a new flange and make sure theres nothing else damaged