ert01
NAXJA Forum User
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- Edmonton, Alberta
I am in need of some advice, and I figured that this'd be the best place to get answers... so here goes:
I have a 93 XJ and it started making a ticking sound that would get faster as the speed got faster, not with the rpm's. I got under it and noticed the joints on the front driveshaft were a bit worn, so I figured that to be the problem. I took it off and had it on the bench in my garage for a while there while I waited for parts to come in, and I continued to drive my Jeep as it's my DD. With the front shaft off, the ticking dissapeared completely, reinforcing in my head that the joints were the issue. Anyways, long story short, I finally got it all fixed up and went to take it for a test drive today, and the noise is still there... I disconnected the front of the driveshaft so I could freespin it and noticed the ticking noise seemed to come from my 231. Any ideas? I am leaning towards it being a stretched chain in there, but I'm new to all this so I figured one of you might have a better idea.
In addition to my DD XJ, I have a parts 93XJ as well that is just sitting in my driveway getting parts stripped off it. I figure I can take what I need from that one and just drop it into my DD, but it's got the 5 speed, and my DD has the AW4. Will that make any difference here or am I just way out to lunch there? Like I said, I'm pretyt new to all this. My past mechanical experience revolves around smaller vehicles like skidoos, dirtbikes and quads, so I'm still getting a bearing here on how the "big" vehicles work exactly.
Thanks for your time,
Mark
I have a 93 XJ and it started making a ticking sound that would get faster as the speed got faster, not with the rpm's. I got under it and noticed the joints on the front driveshaft were a bit worn, so I figured that to be the problem. I took it off and had it on the bench in my garage for a while there while I waited for parts to come in, and I continued to drive my Jeep as it's my DD. With the front shaft off, the ticking dissapeared completely, reinforcing in my head that the joints were the issue. Anyways, long story short, I finally got it all fixed up and went to take it for a test drive today, and the noise is still there... I disconnected the front of the driveshaft so I could freespin it and noticed the ticking noise seemed to come from my 231. Any ideas? I am leaning towards it being a stretched chain in there, but I'm new to all this so I figured one of you might have a better idea.
In addition to my DD XJ, I have a parts 93XJ as well that is just sitting in my driveway getting parts stripped off it. I figure I can take what I need from that one and just drop it into my DD, but it's got the 5 speed, and my DD has the AW4. Will that make any difference here or am I just way out to lunch there? Like I said, I'm pretyt new to all this. My past mechanical experience revolves around smaller vehicles like skidoos, dirtbikes and quads, so I'm still getting a bearing here on how the "big" vehicles work exactly.
Thanks for your time,
Mark