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Old July 19th 06, 04:19 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys
Earle Horton[_1_]
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Default 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
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> 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

>



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