Well, for starters I had the dreaded front differential bushings clunking since around 40k miles. I finally changed them at 95k and the top bushing was dried and cracked. At this time I also changed the front driveshafts and wheel bearings.
This did not solve my clunking issues. The symptoms are I get a clunking when I shift from park into drive or reverse. I get a clunking noise when I am slowing down and coming to a stop, and then clunking again when I push the accelerator. I crawled under the Jeep and checked the driveshaft bolts, all tight. I can rotate the driveshaft by hand about 15-20 degrees when in 4wd high. When I put it in 4wd low, the driveshaft is tight and there is zero rotation. I am guessing this clunking is the slack or something broken in the transfer case. I have 111K miles on it, and have changed the transfer case fluid 4-5 times. Also, this jeep has seen daily offroading, heavy towing of farm equipment from time to time, and grew up on a dirt road so no doubt the transfer case has seen its fair share of transferring energy.
My question is, what should I do? It isn't throwing any codes on the diablo. Is this slack something I have to live with or is there a fix? Anyone else have a similar experience?
This did not solve my clunking issues. The symptoms are I get a clunking when I shift from park into drive or reverse. I get a clunking noise when I am slowing down and coming to a stop, and then clunking again when I push the accelerator. I crawled under the Jeep and checked the driveshaft bolts, all tight. I can rotate the driveshaft by hand about 15-20 degrees when in 4wd high. When I put it in 4wd low, the driveshaft is tight and there is zero rotation. I am guessing this clunking is the slack or something broken in the transfer case. I have 111K miles on it, and have changed the transfer case fluid 4-5 times. Also, this jeep has seen daily offroading, heavy towing of farm equipment from time to time, and grew up on a dirt road so no doubt the transfer case has seen its fair share of transferring energy.
My question is, what should I do? It isn't throwing any codes on the diablo. Is this slack something I have to live with or is there a fix? Anyone else have a similar experience?
