What in the hell is that NOISE???

[Shadly1]

Try this... get on your back under the Jeep and grab the muffler. Shake the hell out of it and notice where it flexes. When mine started making noise, it was the muffler falling apart from the inside. The hangers were also weak and flexed too much so the muffler hit stuff on bumps.

[Daniel Hoppe Jr]

I have an 04 rubi that has what i call my perma broken shock, thought it was hicth pin, bad spring, exhaust, can,t find it. If u do let me know. Sounds like a hammer hitting the frame, klank,klank.

[97sahara]

Maybe your sway bar discos? I know mine are pretty noisy at slow speeds when they're connected.

mine did this on my skyjacker disco's they have like a weird ball in socket type thing with a boot around it and the socket had broke and it drove me crazy because i couldnt find where the noise was coming from until the boot finally riped and i noticed the socket was broke. now i have a squeek coming from the front frame cover beacuse the bolts are striped and loose and it bounces around over bumps, maybe check that out?

[Schmo]

So I've got this noise that's coming from the front passenger wheel vicinity. It's a very distinct clunking/rattling noise and it occurs at slower speeds (<35) when I go over bumps, but not at highway speed. I had the noise before my lift and have gone thru the suspension/steering to ensure everything is tight. I thought it might be coming from the rocker, but I loosened and retightened them up and no change. It sounds like something is banging around . . . any ideas what it could be. I know it's a Jeep and will make some noise, I just don't want my wheel to fall off one of these days!!!

I'm not sure, but I might have discovered the culprit or something entirely different. I was wrenching around under the Jeep and I noticed a bit of play in the passenger side outer stub axle shaft (I think that's what you call it . . . the U shaped thing that sticks into the axle tube). I don't seem to have any play on the driver side. It's minimal play, but if I really go at it, it wiggles and makes a slight noise.

Is this normal? If not, what needs to be done to correct the problem?

[RAT]

I'm not sure, but I might have discovered the culprit or something entirely different. I was wrenching around under the Jeep and I noticed a bit of play in the passenger side outer stub axle shaft (I think that's what you call it . . . the U shaped thing that sticks into the axle tube). I don't seem to have any play on the driver side. It's minimal play, but if I really go at it, it wiggles and makes a slight noise.

Is this normal? If not, what needs to be done to correct the problem?

Joe,
If I understand you correctly, you can grab the stub shaft at the yoke (the u-shaped thingie)and move it back and forth inside the inner shaft yoke like the U-joint is loose? If so, you may have a U-joint failing. Are they the stock shafts?

[Schmo]

Joe,
If I understand you correctly, you can grab the stub shaft at the yoke (the u-shaped thingie)and move it back and forth inside the inner shaft yoke like the U-joint is loose? If so, you may have a U-joint failing. Are they the stock shafts?

Yes . . . If I grab the stub shaft at the yoke and wiggle it, there seems to be a bit of play. They are stock shafts. Everything up there is stock. The U-joint is the cross shaped piece just like the ones on the drive shaft right? How hard are they to replace?

[Shadly1]

Yes . . . If I grab the stub shaft at the yoke and wiggle it, there seems to be a bit of play. They are stock shafts. Everything up there is stock. The U-joint is the cross shaped piece just like the ones on the drive shaft right? How hard are they to replace?

Do the u-joints move or does the shaft move? A very little bit of lateral movement in the shaft is normal. Any movement at all in the u-joint itself is a problem. Yours definitely isn't the first TJ I've seen with a clunk in the front passenger side.

[Schmo]

Do the u-joints move or does the shaft move? A very little bit of lateral movement in the shaft is normal. Any movement at all in the u-joint itself is a problem. Yours definitely isn't the first TJ I've seen with a clunk in the front passenger side.

It seems like the shaft moves a bit, not sure if that's just cuz I'm grabbing the yoke. How would I be able to see if it's the U-joint?

[RAT]

Joe,
If you can move the yoke, there is slop in the u-joint. The u-joint won't move, the yoke will. Do the u-joints have grease zirks on them? If so, shoot some grease in the u-joint then try to move it again. If it tightens up, that means it was running dry (not enough grease). I would suggest replacing the u-joints. Once they get sloppy it's just a matter of time until they come apart. They might last another year, or they might let go tomorrow. Your choice.

[Schmo]

Joe,
If you can move the yoke, there is slop in the u-joint. The u-joint won't move, the yoke will. Do the u-joints have grease zirks on them? If so, shoot some grease in the u-joint then try to move it again. If it tightens up, that means it was running dry (not enough grease). I would suggest replacing the u-joints. Once they get sloppy it's just a matter of time until they come apart. They might last another year, or they might let go tomorrow. Your choice.

Thanks Kurt . . . I'll check to see if they have zirks, but I doubt it . . . that was one of the first things I noticed about my new DriveShaft . . . all the U-Joints have zirks whereas the stock one had none. How difficult is it to put on a new U-Joint?

[womb raider 940]

it's not. Read your manual boy. You gotta learn man. Just start takin it all apart. Eventually you will put it back together.

[cbrazor1]

they make a ujoint press that makes it easey or a good vise and a cople of sockets or a couple of sockets and a hammer lol

[Schmo]

they make a ujoint press that makes it easey or a good vise and a cople of sockets or a couple of sockets and a hammer lol

Any idea how much they get for the ujoint press? My garage set up kinda sucks at the moment. No vice, no real work bench even . . . just the ole dresser I had growing up that my great grandfater built and my sterio from High School I really need to get rid of my old sportser to make some room, so I can set up some type of shop area. I do have a hammer and some sockets, but if the right tool isn't too expensive it might save my neighbors from hearing a lot of expletives!

[RAT]

Joe,
Do yourself a big favor and buy a vise first. Specialty tools are nice to have, but you'll use the vise a lot more than a u-joint press. Go to Harbor Freight and get a vice with 12 inch jaws or bigger. Mount it to that old dresser for now. You can press u-joints in and out with the vise and some sockets.

[cbrazor1]

i paid about 80 bucks off the cornwell tool truck