Ratcheting noise from my front end...

[mike105105]

Hi everyone, my '77 blazer developed a noise today. From 15MPH and up I am getting a ratcheting type noise from the front end while coasting and decel. It has a part time conversion on it with manual hubs. Earlier it would only stop if I unlocked the hubs and put in in 2wd, but on the way home I noticed it is now mostly gone if I just put it in 2wd. Also on the way home I noticed that if I hit the brakes hard I would get a loud clunk from the front and the noise would stop temporarily 30% of the time. We are getting a good amount of snow at the moment so I needed to be in 4wd so god only knows how much worse I have made it with my drive home.


Any ideas on what the problem is?


Thanks,
Mike

 

[obijuan]

i heard something like that when one of my hubs was locked with auto hubs and the other wasnt and the noise was my driveshaft rotating. loud clunk huh? is everything tight under there and everything. thats all i got...