Popping in front end

Here’s the story. I just bought a 2003 4Runner V8 Limited. The lady said the transfer case actuator was bad. When I crawled under there, her “mechanic” had taken it off to replace, but never did because of some stupid reason. So it was missing still. So I bought it. Trailered it home because it was making a popping noise in the front end. I was hoping the popping noise in front was from the front actuator trying to engage while the transfer case was not (might sound stupid, but that...

Popping in front end