ok so some of you may know my old lady was in a lil fender bender just recently and i just got off the phone with the Insurance adjuster, he said since the airbags deployed there is a 80% chance there going to write the truck off and he going to run some numbers and let me know by wednesday. Anyways kinda getting a head start on truck shopping lol. question is can anybody tell me if the TBSS AWD frontend is the same as the normal TB 4x4 with the front diff running throught the oil pan? or is it different setup on the AWD. If it isnt looks like its RWD then. any help/advice would be great boys.

 

Should be the same... The front axle goes through the oil pan on the 4.2's as well...

 

The RWD oil pan still has the hole in it just like the AWD.

 

Yup, front axle goes thru the oil pan on the AWD SS.

 

ahhh man didnt really want to hear that. up here in Canuck land salt and **** get up in there because of that underbody skid plate and eat that ****** everywhere. i hate bad design flaws like that!!! lowblack99, you said the rwd have it too? why would it have it, isnt the rwd IFS?

 

All the pans are the same to cut costs i would assume...

 

^what they said