cruiser54

Here's an idea.

Before posting request for help with odd sounds coming from your Jeep, and posting videos, and everyone speculating as to what it COULD be, or what their's was, go buy one of these and use it. $3.99 at Harbor Freight

XJwonders

Excellent! What about deaf people?

cruiser54

Depends how deaf. Totally? Partial hearing?

XJwonders

Totally.

cruiser54

Huh?

Put a glove on and use the braille method I guess, you knucklehead!!!

XJwonders

LOL, we aren't blind, just can't hear. Braille won't do any good.

If I had a dollar for every time I tell a waiter/waitress that I'm deaf and they end up bringing me Braille menu, I ll be a ****ing millionaire.

cruiser54

It would work. Think about it. You could develop feeling in the ends of your fingers like a safe cracker and "feel" the noise.

Seriously, I wonder what would happen if you used a stethoscope. Ever done it?

XJwonders

I tried at the doctor's office but I never got as far, cause he got so pissed about me touching his "tools" in the room and told me to keep my hands to myself. LOL

I do feel for certain vibrations but I cannot hear any high pitched stuff, like intake leaks or stuff like that.

cruiser54

Mechanic's stethoscope is way more "vibey" than a doctor's.

You know you can take the probe off and listen without it also. Why not try it?

XJwonders

And I do feel certain vibrations while driving but I can't narrow it down. I usually ask a hearing person to ride with me and they would listen and tell me exactly what the problem is.

For two years I have had a clunking when I roll out of park while turning. Always thought it was the sway bar links or tie rods.

Fast forward to today and I made new steering set up with DOM tubing and removed all the sway bars. Clunking is still occurring and a friend told me it's the axle joint. Well I ll never figure that out on my own lol.

cruiser54

I'm still curious about using it for vacuum leaks and pulley/bearing noises though.

XJwonders

Yes pulley/bearing noises is another thing I can't hear. I usually ask people to listen for me by touching a screwdriver to the part and listen to it. I tried to experiment by using the screwdriver and "feeling" it but doesn't yield any results.

I'm still working on new methods of diagnosis. I always hate relying on others when I could do it myself.

I ll try the stethoscope soon. Maybe I ll try using it in conjunction with a screwdriver.

I wonder if certain alloys of metal used in screwdrivers yielded different noise levels or different vibration characteristics?

cruiser54

Stethoscope absolutely trumps the old screwdriver method.

XJwonders

I understand that, I meant with a deaf ear, the stethoscope may not work just as efficient. But if it was used in addition to screwdriver method, it might help.

I don't know what I'm talking about lol. I have yet pick a stethoscope.

cruiser54

Mechanic's stethoscope is quite different in the "vibe" department.