Truck breaking down. OK so it's got 275,000 miles on it. Was planning a trip north for some hunting this weekend, but monday was making a tight turn around a corner and heard some loud clunking noises, thought it was the front end falling apart as it had some intermittant shaking beforehand. Went back to work, then drove home and it seemed to clunk making tighter left and right turns, still think its in the front end.
Get home raise the front up and notice a little left right play in the ball joints, but not too bad. Shifting into geat though started to grind, but hard to tell from where sitting in the cab. Got help, noise coming from rear differential. Pulled cover plate and found some nice jagged teeth on gears. New gasket, put cover on, filled with gear oil, plulled rear driveshaft off, put tranny in 4 wheel drive and am now driving a converted 4x4 Chevy Silverado in permanent 2 wheel front wheel drive until I find something new.
Still hear a little popping when turning tight, can't tell if it's the rear end or the stearing though, but it's drivable, for now. No trip north this weekend though.