redneckdrummer

My '92 xj has a clicking sound somewhere in the front end..... you can't feel it, just hear it. It's only noticeable when you are moving slowly (like parking lots), and it speeds up as I get faster, then it gets covered up by the beautiful sound of an xj moving down the road. Any ideas on what this could be?

Black00XJ

U-joint possibly, mines going out, all the needle bearings have come out and it flops around..........just too lazy to pull the axle shaft

redneckdrummer

I also have a bad vibration at highway speeds. (like, when you hit 65, the passengers say: wow! i didnt know it had massage seats) Could these two be related?

freegdr

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hercman

Yep sounds like bad U joints. Had that on happen on an Old F150 I had.

new1999cherokee

I had the same thing - wheel bearing

hercman

Jack it up and see whatcha got.

lurk520

I have a similar clicking, but I don't have a front drive shaft so it wouldn't be U-joints. It only happens in drive as opposed to sitting in park revving the engine. The sound parallels the RPM level. I was thinking Torque Converter or maybe something in the T-case. I originally removed the front DS due to the T-case making noises at low speeds. Any ideas? I don't mean to Hi-jack but I've posted this a couple other times with no responses.

mcssls

mine makes that sound and is rapidly getting worse, drivers side axle u joint is bad.

lurk520

When the CV joints or whatever you want to call them go bad, don't they make a clicking noise only when you turn? That's how it's been for me on previous vehicles. Plus mine is consistent with the RPM level. Higher the RPM, louder the noise.

mcssls

we don't have CV joints on old ones, we have an actual u joint in the axle. But yes, if a cv is going out the outer cv will click when turning, if it clicks in a straight line under acceleration it's an inner cv (usually front wheel drive to have inner and outer)

lurk520

Would that get louder and faster as the rpms get higher? Or just get faster and louder with speed? Because as soon as the tranny down shifts the sound gets quieter.

DeathWobble

The clicking makes me think u joints or wheel bearings. I'll bet if you look at em the u joints will be bad

CRoading

I think its in the u joints... Seems like a similar problem with one of my wheeling buddies...

Paramedic

U-Joint for sure. I would bet you a cold beer on that one.