Howdy!

This past winter, or perhaps last fall, my 4WD stopped working. It used to work just fine. And, it was intermittent for a while, but now seems busted (Total drag given the winter we just had in Boston! On the bright side, I don't *need* to drive anywhere).

Here's the deal: When I lock the passenger hub I can still turn the axle on that side by hand. As I rotate that axle I hear a click-click-click sound, which reminds me of the motorcycle noise that kids make by pinning a playing card into the rear bicycle wheel spokes. The driver side hub seems to be working properly, because when I lock it I can't turn the axle at all. Driving with the hubs locked elicits the click-click-click sound from the passenger side. Do these hubs seize up or bust inside? Is it likely my hub that's broken, or could the problem be something more serious? I can not recall any trauma that the van might have been through. I am fairly easy on it.

A couple of times last fall I did manage to get the passenger side to engage by locking and unlocking and driving short distances in a dirt parking lot, but those days seem to be gone.

I am driving an '88 LE with superwinch hubs.

Can anyone advise me on this issue?