Rockwell T-221 Transfercase Slop - Need Advice

[Chaparralman1974]

Hi everyone!

So, I finally got around to cracking open the transmission and transfercase on my project. The transmission looks great. The teeth all look clean, the gear oil looks good and there is no water in it and there are no chips on the teeth. My plan there is to simply clean it, put in new gaskets and put it back into the truck after I clean and paint it.

The transfercase however seems to be a different story. I took the top cover off of it and even though the oil doesn't look bad. There seems to be an awful lot of slop in the big gear at the rear of the case. I took a little video of it. Can someone tell me if this is normal or am I in trouble?

https://youtu.be/wSXwHRE3mTU