Is this supposed to happen with a transfer case?

[Old_iron]

I am trying to get the front drive shaft to rotate freely.

Here's what I did. I jacked up the front end so both wheels are off the ground, and locked both hubs. I put the trans AND the transfer case in neutral. When I rotate one of the wheels, or try to rotate the front drive shaft, it moves a little then stops. Like its engaged in the transfer case.

It has a np205 behind a sm465, truck 4 speed manual trans.
The truck is not yet running, and I am trying to test the transfer case. As far as I know it worked before.


Am I misunderstanding how it is supposed to work? What am I missing?