Thanks for your reply. All good thoughts. Upon closer inspection the housing that covers the coupler seemed off. Didn’t sit on the top bearing like I thought it should which didn’t allow the dust seal to sit flush on the end. Ordered a new one and low and behold there is a lip that is not present on...

First time long time. Have an ‘04 AWD Matrix base with 150k on it. Purchased last year with minimal maintenance history available but I’ve got an ‘05 AWD base with 325k that I’ve done a lot too, but not this. Anyhoo, started getting the noise from the rear (bearings on the viscous coupler) but it wa...