Easy, free axle fix?

[blondejoncherokee]

shift forks are often free at picknpull or like 5$.

 

[xj92]

I understand the lack of time thing, which is why, when necessary, I'll pull mine into the garage and work on it late into the night just to finally get it done. Swapping a front axle shaft shouldn't take more than a couple hours at most, about the same amount of time you spent messing around in 2wd in that mud hole after not fixing it correctly.