I have a 1980 CJ5, 4 speed, Dana 30 in the front, AMC 20 in the rear. I think the Jeep had a 6 cylinder in it to begin with but now has a 304. This is the problem... When you pour the coal to the Jeep it makes a treibble sound coming from the back end of the Jeep. Sounds like a chain drive slipping over the teeth on a sprocket. It will slip some and then grabs and away you go. It does it in any gear and when you slip it from Reverse to forward without coming to a complete stop. So, I took the inspection cover off the rearend (because that is where the sound was coming from. I thought?) One of the shafts on the spider gears was worn but things looked good otherwise. I took the transfer case out and it looks really good also. So I tried to take the rearend completely apart. I assume this Jeep has the two piece tappered axles and I can't get the wheel hub off the axle shaft to get at the keepers. Any ideas on what I'm doing wrong as to getting the axles out or ideas about the terrible sound when you get on it?? Thanks,
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18 years ago