AWD binding fixed, but man do I feel ripped off
 

I took my car in this morning to have my AWD binding checked (it was really bad). I had put the FWD fuse in as a temporary fix until I got it there. Turns out, instead of having to replace the transfer clutches, they just flushed the transmission a couple of times and that fixed the problem, and also added some friction/slip modifier. I wish I knew this was the solution 177 bucks earlier; I could have done it myself. But at least they washed it for me...