Starbuck75

When i shift from park to any gear my drivline seems to give a noticable clunk and jerk, with my foot on the brake when it shifts into gear my pedal goes farther down, im not sure if its supposed to do that or not. It also has a very noticable shifting during regualar driving. Wether this is my transmission or U joints i am unsure, somebody even told me it was my motor mounts.

95 cherokee country 4x4 stock parts so far, goin rip my 4 inch pro comp suspension lift of my old 89 cherokee laredo, as well as 31 tires, roof rack, steel front and back bumpers,and 8000lb warn winch, rock gaurds and underbody skid plates.

highrollerxj

sounds lik a ujoint may be gettin ready to crap out on u. does the trans shift hard at normal driveing?

Starbuck75

some of the time its definately not a smooth shifter

highrollerxj

i would start by haveing the trans serviced, not flushed cause that only gets fluid out u need the filter changed to. try to wiggle the drive line by hand and se if it moves, also not a bad idea to check the trans mount to.

BowtieGuy3

Check this thread out, I put the factory service manual listing on there.

https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f2/new-forum-jeeps-clunking-issues-6989/

76ANTHONY

just a question but, what is then engine idle set at. ????

highrollerxj

oh did ya check the water pump spinoff braket? got my wife to call the parts store tody for mine, he he she was was pretty p.o. at me. it wouldnt be a bad idea just to check every thing out to be on the safe side.

tampaviking

I have the same problem, and I am going to start with the trans. mount. The engine mounts are good but it does have a freakishly high idle in park and neutral. I have started to let off the brake as I shift to not clunk as bad.

MasterShakeXJ

maybe a tranny mount?

Starbuck75

the idle is a 1 grand and i cant get it to idle lower at all my old 89 cherokee ildled at like 600 though i cant figure it out lol
ill prolly be able to check everything out this weekend in my buddies shop thanks for the suggestions guys

highrollerxj

check for vacume leaks as this can cause a high idle

tampaviking

Check the fuel lever at the throttle body. Mine was bent so it was always idling high and clunking out of park. I bent it back today and it ran so quiet. I think you can adjust that screw as well. But I would do more research first.

Starbuck75

my flutter valve on my throttle body is resting as low as it can go and my control cables are slack so i think its at stock idle or else its that vacum leak thing, i think my old xj just idled abnormaly low which was pretty kewl except in winter trying to warm it up.

Desertfox1023

Have you checked your motor mounts. My does the same thing and a bad driver side motor mount is the culprit for it.

Starbuck75

no i havent checked anything yet ill pull it into the shop tonight and check the whole works for problems i think i heard about that happening before somewhere