Chicmechanic
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Gilbert, AZ
I've done a ton of reading on here, but this is my first post so bear with me.
As I was driving home last week i noticed my motor mounts must have gone out because when I tried to accelerate even slightly in 1st gear the motor felt like it was going to jump out of the hood. I made it home just barely and by the time I attempted to watch the motor with the hood open it started making a strange metal scraping/grinding noise while the clutch was engaged.
I decided to upgrade to the M.O.R.E bomb proof rubber mounts because I changed the mounts once already when I bought the jeep about a year and a half ago. They were a giant pain in the ass, but I finally got them in this afternoon. The old mounts were definitely shot, so that was at least one part of the issue.
When I started the jeep up it idled fine, but as soon as I pressed the clutch (while in neutral) it made the awful grinding/scraping sound again. I managed to get it into reverse but upon the slightest acceleration it made the noise again and I decided to leave it alone in order to avoid any further damage.
As a bit of background, my throwout bearing went out about a month and a half ago so I put in a new clutch, flywheel and throwout bearing, along with a new bushing in the upper tranny mount and complete fluid change in the tranny and transfer case and some other unrelated stuff. From the stuff I've read the noise seems to mimic what I've heard other people say would be the throwout bearing going bad and pressing on the fingers of the pressure plate. I'm trying to decide if I have it in me to drop the tranny again, but having a better idea of what exactly it is will help me decide. Hopefully I have provided enough info. Thanks in advance for any and all help.
99xj 4.0L 6cyl 4wd
As I was driving home last week i noticed my motor mounts must have gone out because when I tried to accelerate even slightly in 1st gear the motor felt like it was going to jump out of the hood. I made it home just barely and by the time I attempted to watch the motor with the hood open it started making a strange metal scraping/grinding noise while the clutch was engaged.
I decided to upgrade to the M.O.R.E bomb proof rubber mounts because I changed the mounts once already when I bought the jeep about a year and a half ago. They were a giant pain in the ass, but I finally got them in this afternoon. The old mounts were definitely shot, so that was at least one part of the issue.
When I started the jeep up it idled fine, but as soon as I pressed the clutch (while in neutral) it made the awful grinding/scraping sound again. I managed to get it into reverse but upon the slightest acceleration it made the noise again and I decided to leave it alone in order to avoid any further damage.
As a bit of background, my throwout bearing went out about a month and a half ago so I put in a new clutch, flywheel and throwout bearing, along with a new bushing in the upper tranny mount and complete fluid change in the tranny and transfer case and some other unrelated stuff. From the stuff I've read the noise seems to mimic what I've heard other people say would be the throwout bearing going bad and pressing on the fingers of the pressure plate. I'm trying to decide if I have it in me to drop the tranny again, but having a better idea of what exactly it is will help me decide. Hopefully I have provided enough info. Thanks in advance for any and all help.
99xj 4.0L 6cyl 4wd
