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Old Feb 1, 2012 | 07:17 AM
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Hi guys,
as of yesterday I've got this issue with my 99. At low speeds or under acceleration from stop I have this "pinging" or "tinking" noise coming from under the jeep. It sounds kinda similar to the sound the rear drum brake self adjusters, just repeatedly pinging. Its more of a ping, ping, ping while just rolling, but around like 20-25 it turns to like a squeak/squeal with some pinging mixed in. This noise goes away after about 30mph but then, from 30-50 I have this wicked driveline vibe that intensifies with a harder acceleration. i had some minor vibes at 30-40 when i did my BB a month ago but a 3/4" tcase drop took care of them completely. This vibe is also worse than the vibes i had before. I'm gonna be screwing with it this weekend but for now I wanted to hear what some people had to say.

Just taking a quick look before I left for class I snapped a pic of what might be out of the ordinary I don't know? I'll attach the pic but it's a real bad pic, just tried to grab one on my way out the door.
Also as maybe a possibly culprit I got stuck in a puddle Friday night which i hit some ruts underwater and was stopped about bumper deep for ~5mins. I'm sure it has something to do with it.... :brickwall
Thanx for any help

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Old Feb 1, 2012 | 07:18 AM
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I'm looking at where the driveshaft meets the u joint, to me it seems like the shaft is separating from the joint? Or is this normal?
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Old Feb 4, 2012 | 01:03 AM
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From what it looks like in the pic, thats what the front driveshaft normally looks like ....from what you're discribing , it sounds like you have a bad u joint in the rear drive shaft. Do you have any kind of lift and how much?
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