when at full lock backing out of a driveway (or pulling in), the front tires seem like they are locked and make a noise like one of them is rubbing. After having a friend watch it, he said the tires are not rubbing and said it seemed like they were locked also with one tire kind of skipping to keep up with the other because the axle is locked. I confirmed that the truck was not in four wheel drive and also jacked the front of the truck up and the tires spin freely on their own. The whole front end of the truck is new and is aligned correctly, anyone have any thoughts or ideas?

 

Have your friend drive and you look

 

did that already... cant figure it out, acts like the axle is locked

 

Is the lever on the diff closer to the drivers or passenger side?

 

Not sure what lever your talking about?

 

The lever on the vacuum actuator under the plastic shield on the front diff. passenger side

 

ok thanks i will check in a little while when i get home.

 

Looks like its in the middle...

 

That doesn't look like its working. Should be like "\" for unlock and "/" for locked. pull it in 4h and see if the lever moves

 

Yep, it moved toward passenger side when i engaged four wheel drive.