Gotta love my money pit

[BUNNY15]

Originally Posted by guruerror

I had a similar leak...not enough to drip, just enough to keep the transfer case and drive shaft wet. I had a rattling at speeds of 80 and over which I didn't attribute to the leak at first and didn't really notice any other side-effects. They had to replace the back half of the transfer case, seals, fluids, etc. $750 serviced at my local dealer.

It took them 2 days to order the rear of the case and about 4 hours to do the work. Luckily mine was completely drivable while I waited on the part to come in.

I would have been happy with that considering I dropped it off the day before a week long vacation to Puerto Rico. My drive shaft angle after the lift needed to be corrected which is why we believe the leaking occured. Apparently there was a struggle to remove my drive shaft from the tcase to begin with. Once they muscled it out, they noticed quite unusual wear rings in several different places on the s.y. And recommended a replacement. After seeing it for myself, I was okay with that. They also stated that after having such a hard time freeing the d.s. from the tcase, they weren't positive that they'd be able to get it back in without opening the tcase. They said there was a brass sleeve inside the tcase housing that possibly was the culprit of the uneven wear. The only way to know would be to open the tcase, and if I was going to open it, I may as well rebuild or replace it which they didn't specialize in. Well my H2 is an early production 2003 from what I understand (pretty cool I think), but with that said, it was also like a guinea pig in design. My tcase is a Borg Warren or Borg Warner, can't recall exact name, and apparently there aren't many floating around in the parts department aftermarket world. Called one of place and there was a 3 to 4 month wait. I was like screw that, just send my d.s. out to get lengthened, and let me check with a rebuild shop. Towed it to the new shop, and it was ready within a week. Replaced the back half with a new once where the seal is pressed in and not cast as part of the case like my original.