I have a rythmic "took took took" sound in the frontend when it's free wheeling (sound speeds up as the Jeep speeds up), put it into 4wd and the sound is gone...I'm going to look at it tomorrow, but can someone offer me a headsup as to what I might be looking at?
thanks a bunch!
That is usually a front axle u-joint fast going bad. It flops with no load on it.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sPi-eyed Piper wrote:
Maybe your vacuum shifter on the front end isn't pulling all the way to the right and the splines are catching on the inner axle.
Steve
Pi-eyed Piper wrote:
Possibly a bad u-joint in the front driveshaft, or maybe a bad hub. Shifting into 4wd just sends torque through the driveshaft to the hubs which takes out the slack which quiets things up. Neither are that expensive to repair, if of of them is the problem.
Jerry
Pi-eyed Piper wrote:
He has an 89, the driveshaft shouldn't be spinning in 2 WD.
Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT'sJerry Bransford wrote:
thanks, I hope thats what it is, they are the only ujoints I haven't replaced..
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