Vehicle
transfer case (7), which includes the following: a case (10), a primary shaft (16) which is rotatably mounted inside the housing (10), a secondary shaft (34) which is selectively driven by the primary shaft (16), wherein the secondary shaft (34) is rotatably mounted through the housing (10), a hub (62) which is torsionally attached to the primary shaft (16), a
clutch housing (52) which is selectively torsionally connected to the hub (62) via a friction
package (56, 58, 64), a gear (44) which is torsionally fixed in relation to the
clutch housing (52) and torsionally connected to the secondary shaft (34), a friction pack engager (74) to cause the
clutch housing (52) to be selectively connected to the hub (62), and a
reservoir system attached to the housing (10) to receive
lubricant driven by the operation of at least one of the primary shaft (16) and the secondary shaft (34), wherein the
reservoir system has a section adjacent to the engagement gear (44) and the
reservoir system channels the
lubricant in an axial direction, overlapping the friction pack (56, 58, 64) and supplies the
lubricant to a fluid collection reservoir (96), and wherein the reservoir
system has a stationary passage (98, 100) formed in the housing (10) to transport lubricant from the reservoir
system to the primary shaft (16) radially inward of the friction pack (56, 58, 64), characterized in that the reservoir
system has a baffle plate (90) formed by the housing (10) to deflect lubricant to the fluid collection reservoir (96) of the reservoir system.