Tahoe Drives in neutral!!!

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fallen101

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My brother took out my 2002 Tahoe while I was at work in my Camry.

I took my Tahoe out this morning and on my way out it started making a howling sound. Noticed the Tahoe was in Auto 4WD!! Switch it into 2Low and drove just fine, so it seemed, planned on investigating more after school. I drove it in the grass on auto 4WD, still made that noise. Put it in 4WH HI still made the noise. Put it into 4 Low and the back wheels it seemed wanted to jump MUCH quicker than the front wheels.... Now I know you shouldn't use 4low unless you're in mud or something, but I needed to check...

My next test was to test if it shifted into neutral (it did) However when I shifted back into 2Low I heard a loud CLUNK. Drove it a bit, then shifted back into neutral to check the sound again still did it. Just for the hell of it I wanted to check/see what it would do if I shifted it into drive, it drove just fine (only for like 5-10 feet then I stopped and shifted into 2low..

Any Idea's what's causing this. I read it could be wheel bearings, as well as the transfer case... Any help would be greatly apperated.
 
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fallen101

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Update: I believe its the front left wheels U-joint. When I jacked it up when I rotated the front left the wheel/joint made a clunk sound.

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You mean wheel bearing? or balljoints? Only u-joints on there are for your driveshafts.
 
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You're probably right. It seems like the noise comes from the metal body. uploadfromtaptalk1393437743560.jpg

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That's your front diff. Is it coming out of the diff or the drive shaft part?
 
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I think the front differential, of I remember correctly it was only coming out the left half while the tire moved. I'll check when I get home at about three.

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---------- Post added at 01:08 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:07 PM ----------

Also that oil should I be worried, it was also on the rears dif

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