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Gunslinger
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We discovered that the hubs aren't getting vacuum in the first place, and we decided not to repair that system. I have a new left front axel/cv joint assembly on the way from rockauto, since it's toast. It very clearly binds up when the left hub is engaged, the right one however does not. This doesn't surprise me as I knew it was questionable at least when I got the truck. A non-attached boot and a pile of dirty grease tends to let you in on that.
ATM I have manual hubs. The screen was removed, so now to engage them I just push in and do what the vacuum would, which is where I'll leave it.
TL;DR: Hubs weren't engaging due to no vacuum present, left front CV was shot anyway.
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