I have a 1997 dodge ram 2500 4x4. A few weeks a go when coming to a stop from say around 40 under normal driving, at about 15 m.p.h. i would hear a sort of popping metal on metal sound. I thought it could be u-joints. To start i removed my front drive shaft to see if that fixed it. I thought it did, the popping went away, or so i thought, and i figured id fix the drive shaft once i got the money to send it out, cause i am not dealing with those u-joints in the front. Well i was driving yesterday, and sure enough, slowed down for a red light and the popping sound came right back, just not as loud. I'm probably going to do the u-joints in the rear shaft cause its been a few years, and that will eliminate that possibility if anything. The u-joints in the front axles are only a few months old. I am thinking it could be something in my t-case. If it is my case, i am on a TIGHT budget, and my case is big bucks, even used at a junkyard, but i am mechanically inclined, and pulling the case in my drive way wouldn't be a big deal. So anyhow, how hard would it be to rebuild my case, what are the specs on it (slpines etc.), and how much would it cost for a rebuild kit? Or if you don't think it is the case what could it be? Any help would be really appreciated! thank you!

 

check ur front brake caliber bolts on might have fell out dodge 4x4s r bad about that there are two smaller ones that hold the caliber to a bracket and to big bolts that hold the bracket to the axle the big ones r bad about falling out if there not put in with loc tight

 

thanks, ill check it out. that never crossed my mind, but then again, it hasnt ever been an issue for me

 

well, the break calipers are tight. while i was under there i grabbed the output for the front drive shaft on the t-case and moved it a 1/4 turn either way and it was making the the ticking popping noise i keep hearing.