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Old Nov 13, 2015 | 05:15 PM
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Hello all. Glad to become a part of the community even with the horrible circumstances. I think my front diff may be bad. I have no 4wd. It is not the cad system I know that for sure the ring and pinon gears are fine also I think the splines are fine going into the diff. Also diff makes no noise. But at this point I'm at loss.
 

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What year is your truck?
 
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Then you should still have the CAD system. Check the passenger side axle tube. It'll be obvious if it is there or not.
 
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I stated in the first post that it is not the cad system at all. I manually splined the two shafts together and spun the driveshaft and there was no movement at the wheels
 
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Ok, need to include those details when you post, as we have no way of knowing what you did.

I suspect that the collar did not stay engaged.

With the front jacked up, turn the passenger side tire, does anything else turn?
 
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