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Old July 18th 06, 10:53 PM posted to rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys
kwp
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Default 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.

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Old July 19th 06, 12:24 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys
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Default 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.

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Old July 19th 06, 12:25 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys
Frank_v7.0
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Default 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?

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Old July 19th 06, 01:20 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys
kwp
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Default 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


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Old July 19th 06, 04:18 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys
Frank_v7.0
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Default 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.

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FRH
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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
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

>



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Old July 19th 06, 05:08 PM posted to rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys
kwp
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Default 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
>


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Old July 19th 06, 05:27 PM posted to rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys
Earle Horton[_1_]
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Default 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
> >

>



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Old July 20th 06, 10:07 PM posted to rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys
kwp
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Default 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.

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Old August 1st 06, 03:06 PM posted to rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys
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Default rumbling noise on my 2002 wrangler at highway speed

driveshaft was out of balance. fixed now.

 




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