yes its long but bear with me.

ok well i dont really know where to start.well ever since the weather started changing, as in getting cold, the jeep started acting up.i would start the jeep and put her in revers and press on the gass, and it wouldnt want to go.then suddenly boom, it kicks in. then the other day i started her up and put her in drive and when i pressed on the gas i heard and felt a loud grinding noise from what seemds to be the front axle. then i let go of the gas and pressed on it again, then i felt it a little higher towards the middle section. my? is what can it be? it just does it when the jeep is cold but after like a block if drives perfectly.what can it be? can i be low on gear oil? i mean i checked my trans. fluid, motor oil, and my tcase fluid. and everything seems fine.can it also be my tcase? maybe engagin the 4x4 on its own? because my cuz had told me not to mess with the lever because the t-case was messed up.plz help

 

btw the noise it makes is a loud nasty mechanical grinding, chunks of metal breaking noise

 

Sorry I can't offer much help here, but my driveshaft broke a few weeks ago. I heard a similar noise and couldn't accelerate very well, and then my driveshaft fell. It turned out to be my ujoints. Could this possibly be the case, or part of it, for you?

 

Yea that sounds real close to what im experiencing. Do you reccomend I replace my ujoints.

 

I personally would. I was hearing a clunking/grinding noise when I would shift from park to drive, and from drive to reverse, and I figured they were just out of grease. Well before I could grease them up, they broke.

Best of luck!

 

This was happening to me and it turned out that my tcase linkage was a little out of whack. So it was in between 4x2 and 4x4.

 

ok so the grinding has been getiing a little bad that i havent moved my jeep in a while.it only happens when i first start her up.after i put her in drive i hear this loud nasty grinding coming from the front diff. lastnight i checked the diif fluid and it was full. also why would the grinding come from the front if its on 2wd? do you all think if i change my t-case fluid it'l help out some? im on an extremely limited budget. i start college this jan. and i really dont have much to fix her. any help would be greatley appreciated!!!

 

im about to go look under the jeep il snap pics if i see anything out of the ordinary.

 

put the jeep in park, grab the driveshaft with both hands (with the wheels blocked so it cant roll, and twist it forward and back, if it has any clunking or real looseness its the u joints.

 

I would look at the rear ds ujoints I just but new ones in my front and the only noise I had was a knocking all the time but not went I put it in drive or anything I would check your rear ds

 

Thanks.should I do it in park or in neutral? Well I tried it in park and I didnt hear anything. I grabbed the grease gun and greased up the ds. Anything else I should try?

 

Thanks but I just finished checking them.i hope its not the t-case.

 

Did you look at the linkage on the tc

 

Even the the the top says 2w it may be on tc in 4high

 

yea i also did that. funny story. i was on my way to get sum tranny fluid, and some bozo on a trailblazer clipped me from behind!when i got off the guy started getting aggressive.luckily there was no damages done to the jeep. at all! i still called the cops tho. and it turned out the guy didnt have insurance. so the cop told me to tell him that if he doesnt want me to make a report for him to fork up sum dough. i didnt want to be an *** so i asked him for 50 buks.lol he gave me 60 and apologized for his actions. now i have money to fix my jeep!!!!!yeeesss!!!!!!!!now. im going to replace my t-case fluid to see if it helps. and check my tranny fluid while im at it. any more suggestions would be greatley apprecited.also. how can i check my t-case chain. is it hard? i'v never done it before thats why. i magine i'l open it and all these rings and stuff will start coming out.