rumbline noise on my 2002 wrangler at highway speed
 

board,

new here, but wondering if anyone can help. i have a 2002 jeep
wrangler x which, when reaching highway speed of 60 mph and up, puts
out quite a rumbling sound out of the back end. the vehicle is new to
me, so i wonder if this is normal? someone suggested it is drivetrain
noise.

thanx for any help or direction.

rumbline noise on my 2002 wrangler at highway speed
 

Usually that's a universal joint going bad.
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kwp wrote:
>
> board,
>
> new here, but wondering if anyone can help. i have a 2002 jeep
> wrangler x which, when reaching highway speed of 60 mph and up, puts
> out quite a rumbling sound out of the back end. the vehicle is new to
> me, so i wonder if this is normal? someone suggested it is drivetrain
> noise.
>
> thanx for any help or direction.

rumbline noise on my 2002 wrangler at highway speed
 

kwp wrote:
> board,
>
> new here, but wondering if anyone can help. i have a 2002 jeep
> wrangler x which, when reaching highway speed of 60 mph and up, puts
> out quite a rumbling sound out of the back end. the vehicle is new to
> me, so i wonder if this is normal? someone suggested it is drivetrain
> noise.
>
> thanx for any help or direction.
>
Is there any vibration or shimmy? Or just noise?

--
FRH

rumbling noise on my 2002 wrangler at highway speed
 

no vibration or shimmy. "swaying" the car on the interstate in order
to shift the load left and right also does not make a difference.

now, i just bought the jeep and the first thing i did was put new tires
on it. i put them on so fast that i have no idea if this sound was
there with the old tires or not. at first i thought i had noisy tires,
but the tire shop says the noise is in the drivetrain. they have not
attempted to go any further with it. it sounds just like noisy tires,
but i see someone suggested a u-joint, so this would follow along with
drivetrain i guess.

any other thoughts, or should i pursue the u-joint thing?


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Frank_v7.0 wrote:
> kwp wrote:
> > board,
> >
> > new here, but wondering if anyone can help. i have a 2002 jeep
> > wrangler x which, when reaching highway speed of 60 mph and up, puts
> > out quite a rumbling sound out of the back end. the vehicle is new to
> > me, so i wonder if this is normal? someone suggested it is drivetrain
> > noise.
> >
> > thanx for any help or direction.
> >
> Is there any vibration or shimmy? Or just noise?
>
> --
> FRH

rumbling noise on my 2002 wrangler at highway speed
 

kwp wrote:
> no vibration or shimmy. "swaying" the car on the interstate in order
> to shift the load left and right also does not make a difference.
>
> now, i just bought the jeep and the first thing i did was put new tires
> on it. i put them on so fast that i have no idea if this sound was
> there with the old tires or not. at first i thought i had noisy tires,
> but the tire shop says the noise is in the drivetrain. they have not
> attempted to go any further with it. it sounds just like noisy tires,
> but i see someone suggested a u-joint, so this would follow along with
> drivetrain i guess.
>
> any other thoughts, or should i pursue the u-joint thing?
>
>
> -----------------
>
>
> Frank_v7.0 wrote:
>> kwp wrote:
>>> board,
>>>
>>> new here, but wondering if anyone can help. i have a 2002 jeep
>>> wrangler x which, when reaching highway speed of 60 mph and up, puts
>>> out quite a rumbling sound out of the back end. the vehicle is new to
>>> me, so i wonder if this is normal? someone suggested it is drivetrain
>>> noise.
>>>
>>> thanx for any help or direction.
>>>
>> Is there any vibration or shimmy? Or just noise?
>>
>> --
>> FRH
>
I'll join the chorus. Have the U-joints checked... by someone competent.

--
FRH

rumbling noise on my 2002 wrangler at highway speed
 

Of course the tire shop says it is the drive train. That gets them off the
hook! The universal joints are real easy to check though. It's probably
the back one.

A "rumble" is a u-joint. A "howl" is a rear axle going bad. What kind of
tires did you put on it?

Earle

"kwp" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> no vibration or shimmy. "swaying" the car on the interstate in order
> to shift the load left and right also does not make a difference.
>
> now, i just bought the jeep and the first thing i did was put new tires
> on it. i put them on so fast that i have no idea if this sound was
> there with the old tires or not. at first i thought i had noisy tires,
> but the tire shop says the noise is in the drivetrain. they have not
> attempted to go any further with it. it sounds just like noisy tires,
> but i see someone suggested a u-joint, so this would follow along with
> drivetrain i guess.
>
> any other thoughts, or should i pursue the u-joint thing?
>
>
> -----------------
>
>
> Frank_v7.0 wrote:
> > kwp wrote:
> > > board,
> > >
> > > new here, but wondering if anyone can help. i have a 2002 jeep
> > > wrangler x which, when reaching highway speed of 60 mph and up, puts
> > > out quite a rumbling sound out of the back end. the vehicle is new to
> > > me, so i wonder if this is normal? someone suggested it is drivetrain
> > > noise.
> > >
> > > thanx for any help or direction.
> > >
> > Is there any vibration or shimmy? Or just noise?
> >
> > --
> > FRH
>

rumbling noise on my 2002 wrangler at highway speed
 

bridgestone duelers. i tend to trust the tire shop. i've bought tons
of tires there, so there's sort of that bond and trust thing going on.


Earle Horton wrote:
> Of course the tire shop says it is the drive train. That gets them off the
> hook! The universal joints are real easy to check though. It's probably
> the back one.
>
> A "rumble" is a u-joint. A "howl" is a rear axle going bad. What kind of
> tires did you put on it?
>
> Earle
>

rumbling noise on my 2002 wrangler at highway speed
 

I am not familiar with this tire, but the name doesn't look like "Wolverine
Claw" or something that you would expect to make a lot of road noise. If I
am wrong, and the tires have great big lugs for gripping in the mud, that
could be the problem. Otherwise, the u-joints are really easy to check with
a few simple tools. If you need to replace one, I recommend taking the
whole drive shaft to a machine shop. Let them worry about it if one of the
cups is seized in a yoke.

Earle

"kwp" > wrote in message
oups.com...
> bridgestone duelers. i tend to trust the tire shop. i've bought tons
> of tires there, so there's sort of that bond and trust thing going on.
>
>
> Earle Horton wrote:
> > Of course the tire shop says it is the drive train. That gets them off
the
> > hook! The universal joints are real easy to check though. It's
probably
> > the back one.
> >
> > A "rumble" is a u-joint. A "howl" is a rear axle going bad. What kind
of
> > tires did you put on it?
> >
> > Earle
> >
>

rumbling noise on my 2002 wrangler at highway speed
 

cool. doing that tomorrow. will try to remember to be a good citizen
and post back to the board. i am not a regular forum user, but this
seems to be working okay.

rumbling noise on my 2002 wrangler at highway speed
 

driveshaft was out of balance. fixed now.