IT'S ALIIIVVVEEEE!

Finally got the car back out yesterday, so far so good

At the end of the day I replaced the cross shaft in the centre diff, the transfer case and output shaft. Was able to do all the work without removing the transmission.

There's a noticeable difference now in the reduction in coast-down noise, so I'm thinking the output shaft and T-case splines were chattering badly before, which at the end of the day may have been the initial cause of all the carnage.

Thanks to everyone for their input and helping out with parts, would have been screwed without you.

Mike