Great info - thanks!
I'm involved in this '92 legacy project with Gyuunuuya.
Until he can get the repairs underway, what do you think of the idea of just removing the rear section of the split driveshaft?
The car seems to drive okay as a front-wheel-drive only in this mode.
After removing the rear section of drive shaft, the rear (differential) seems to have a captive spline that doesn't want to slip out. It just spins nice and friendly.
The front half of the drive shaft remains suspended between the transfer-case spline and the mid-drive-shaft bushing (so that it won't slip out of the oil seal backwards and fall in the street.)
Has anyone done this? (As an emergency measure or semi-permanently?). The goal is to restore everything to AWD as time permits, but is there any known problem resulting from leaving out the rear drive shaft section while driving around town or short freeway trips?
New question: what's the chances that that slip clutch being completely locked up (as if it were welded) - is just a simple solenoid or TCU or sensor problem?
With the car in neutral, motor OFF, no e-brake set, and one rear tire off the ground (on a jack) - two men attempting to spin that rear tire by hand can't seem to get that clutch to slip even a tiny bit. Q: Is that clutch engaged at the 10% (max slippage) by springs, even with no fluid pressure? Or does that indicate that the real problem is inside the transfer case, not sensors or TCU?
Thanks!
