Hi all,

New to the forum and this my first post.

I recently became the proud new owner of a 91' 4Runner. See pics below.. But after purchasing I have found some problems with her. When I took her for a test drive it never occurred to me to put her into 4WD This is only the second 4WD i have owned and the first one I have owned that isnt full time 4WD so I feel a dummy for not checking this!!!

So now that I've had her a week, I have since tried putting her into 4WD and locking the free wheel hubs. When I do this I get a wicked clicking noise coming from the front, whether in 4WD or not, it just seems as soon as those free wheel hubs are locked they click.. Now my question is what do you think my problem could be? I have read somewhere I could be the spider gears??? Or the free wheel hubs themselves.. Can anyone shed any light on this situation for me? If it is the hubs how do I know and if its spider gears how can i fix those? Also would installing a front locker sort it out perhaps?

Any info would be very much appreciated! Gotta get the ole girl sorted. She'll be taking me outback Australia in the next couple of months!

Great forum and thanks very much!



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