Author Topic: Name that sound (Read 7714 times)

bear555 · « **on:** April 16, 2009, 06:08:20 AM »

A new strange noise is coming from the Cherokee. It kind of a scrape/grand noise when I\'m going slow in and only when turning. Its in sync with tire rotation and seems to be coming from the front left.
I was thinking wheel bearings but I wanted to bounce it off you guys.

Wingman · « **Reply #1 on:** April 16, 2009, 06:35:20 AM »

Easy first...

dragging a brake pad or debris in there? Remove the caliper from the rotor and turn it...

gCracker · « **Reply #2 on:** April 16, 2009, 07:40:18 AM »

also check out ball joints.. took me a while to find that recently on my car.. Hard point was it looked and sounded fine when up on a jack with no pressure on it. It sounded exactly like you described.

MrMindless · « **Reply #3 on:** April 16, 2009, 10:29:09 AM »

I\'d put money on the axle ujoint, especially if it\'s only when turning since that\'s when the axle joints see angle.

bear555 · « **Reply #4 on:** April 16, 2009, 04:46:59 PM »

I pulled the tire and disk to listen to the noise, amd it sounds like the ujoint.

So I have a few questions, what hold the shaft in the axle? is it just the hub? So I need to pull the diff cover to get the spyder gears once they fall out?

I have a spare xj axle can I just swap the short shaft?

thanks

MrMindless · « **Reply #5 on:** April 16, 2009, 05:01:15 PM »

pull the hub nut, pull the tire and caliper, pull the hub (three bolts from the back side), the shaft will slip right out.

top off the diff when you\'re done, I\'m not sure if the seals are below the oil level on a 30.3. anti-seize suggested for all fasteners.

the hub will probably be a big pain to get out of the knuckle. the bolts are likely to be a big pain before you get quite that far. IIRC it\'s a 12 point socket, maybe 9/16\"?

luvmyxj · « **Reply #6 on:** April 16, 2009, 07:50:17 PM »

are we talking d30 here, if so 1/2\" 12 point,ask me how i know?

bear555 · « **Reply #7 on:** April 16, 2009, 08:51:07 PM »

yup dana 30
1/2 inch? and the bolts that hold the calipers are SAE as well. Every other nut and bolt I\'ve touched on this Heep is metric does this seem odd to anyone but me?

I\'ll try to do a write up on this.

GTJake · « **Reply #8 on:** April 17, 2009, 08:14:09 AM »

an XJ making a funny noise??? whaaat? that never happens haha

good luck with your project.

MrMindless · « **Reply #9 on:** April 17, 2009, 09:21:05 AM »

Dana parts, not Jeep parts :)

bear555 · « **Reply #10 on:** April 17, 2009, 11:23:14 AM »

Whoa I found a analy retentive write up on this
http://www.madxj.com/MADXJ/technical/technicalfiles/ARD30shafts297andSeals/D30shafts297andSeals.htm

I\'ll let you know how it goes.....

bear555 · « **Reply #11 on:** April 18, 2009, 06:41:09 AM »

Yup, bad u-joint. Looks like needle bearings on the wheel side of the axle seezed up. this overloaded the axle side and the needle bearings couldn\'t handle it.

MrMindless · « **Reply #12 on:** April 18, 2009, 10:01:00 AM »

looks fine, run it ;-)

bear555 · « **Reply #13 on:** April 18, 2009, 09:14:38 PM »

It went really well until I realized I put the dust shield on backwards, kinda makes the front disk tough to put on.

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