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Old July 20th 05, 01:21 PM
Mike Romain
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You are still describing something blown. Do you have a vacuum
disconnect on the front axle? If yes, I would be looking there, then I
would be looking at the driveshaft itself for something blown.

Mike

Ron Croonenberg wrote:
>
> I looked at them. seems like those are ok.
>
> So does that mean it is either the axle itself ? or the hub ?
>
> Ron
>
> Mike Romain wrote:
> > Yes, if you cut your wheels to the side you can see the joints.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > Ron Croonenberg wrote:
> >
> >>Hi Mike,
> >>
> >>I would be able to see the u-joint by looking next to the wheel without
> >>having to take "everything" apart and see if the u-joint has snapped ?
> >>
> >>Ron
> >>
> >>Mike Romain wrote:
> >>
> >>>I would be inspecting the axle out there closely. You could be
> >>>describing a snapped u-joint.
> >>>
> >>>Mike
> >>>86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> >>>88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
> >>>
> >>>Ron Croonenberg wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Hello,
> >>>>
> >>>>I have a 93 JGC (5 speed manual, commandtrac transfer case).
> >>>>
> >>>>A winshieldwiper came loose and I had to stop in a ditch. i put the car
> >>>>in 4wd and got out of the ditch, but I heard a slight 'snap" thought it
> >>>>was the front wheel (paasenger side) throwing a rock.
> >>>>
> >>>>When I wa on the road agin, I hear a grinding sound, like your your
> >>>>grinding gears in an old pickup truck at low rpms.
> >>>>
> >>>>When I put the JGC in 4wd the grinding sound goes away and it seems that
> >>>>everything is ok. However it is not in 4wd it seems.
> >>>>
> >>>>Does that mean that the hub on the passenger side is broken ?
> >>>>Is that easy to fix ? (are the parts expensive ??)
> >>>>
> >>>>I know that I might be kinda vague, just trying to find out if it is
> >>>>relatively easy to fix and if it is worth the troble (it is a 93 with
> >>>>215k mles)
> >>>>
> >>>>other then that the car drives ok.
> >>>>
> >>>>Ron

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