Rattle/grinding felt under floor
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Rattle/grinding felt under floor
Today I took the Cherokee out, and got into a little mud. It's a 98 with the AW4.
When I came back to town, I stopped at a light while in drive. When I sit there idling, I could feel and hear a type of rattling/grinding that varied with engine RPM. After a little driving it went away. It seems like it's coming from the bellhousing area under the transmission shifter.
I then pulled over and put it in drive and gave it some gas with the brake fully applied. I could only duplicate the noise if I got the RPM just right.
I had the 4x4 shifter rattle that some talk about, and it goes away when I pull up on the lever a little bit.
It kind of seems like the same kind of noise, but grabbing the shifter didn't make it go away this time.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
When I came back to town, I stopped at a light while in drive. When I sit there idling, I could feel and hear a type of rattling/grinding that varied with engine RPM. After a little driving it went away. It seems like it's coming from the bellhousing area under the transmission shifter.
I then pulled over and put it in drive and gave it some gas with the brake fully applied. I could only duplicate the noise if I got the RPM just right.
I had the 4x4 shifter rattle that some talk about, and it goes away when I pull up on the lever a little bit.
It kind of seems like the same kind of noise, but grabbing the shifter didn't make it go away this time.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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Today I took the Cherokee out, and got into a little mud. It's a 98 with the AW4.
When I came back to town, I stopped at a light while in drive. When I sit there idling, I could feel and hear a type of rattling/grinding that varied with engine RPM. After a little driving it went away. It seems like it's coming from the bellhousing area under the transmission shifter.
I then pulled over and put it in drive and gave it some gas with the brake fully applied. I could only duplicate the noise if I got the RPM just right.
I had the 4x4 shifter rattle that some talk about, and it goes away when I pull up on the lever a little bit.
It kind of seems like the same kind of noise, but grabbing the shifter didn't make it go away this time.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
When I came back to town, I stopped at a light while in drive. When I sit there idling, I could feel and hear a type of rattling/grinding that varied with engine RPM. After a little driving it went away. It seems like it's coming from the bellhousing area under the transmission shifter.
I then pulled over and put it in drive and gave it some gas with the brake fully applied. I could only duplicate the noise if I got the RPM just right.
I had the 4x4 shifter rattle that some talk about, and it goes away when I pull up on the lever a little bit.
It kind of seems like the same kind of noise, but grabbing the shifter didn't make it go away this time.
Any ideas?
Thanks!
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Look here first. Probably a bad trans mount or mud on the crossmember.
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It sounds to me like you have a cracked or loose flexplate turn the car on climb underneath you should hear the sound very loudly from between the engine and transmission if so remove the access panel and tighten the flexplate bolts if your sure its not cracked take them out and put some loctite on them
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It sounds to me like you have a cracked or loose flexplate turn the car on climb underneath you should hear the sound very loudly from between the engine and transmission if so remove the access panel and tighten the flexplate bolts if your sure its not cracked take them out and put some loctite on them
Probably the exhaust banging around.
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Haven't had much time for the internet in awhile, sorry.
But I did figure out the noise!
After a few hours of looking around, there was a rock stuck between the exhaust pipe and the crossmember. I also noticed the noise was there when I first started it and the engine torqued over when it fired.
Pried up the exhaust, got the rock out of there, and all is well!
Thanks guys!
But I did figure out the noise!
After a few hours of looking around, there was a rock stuck between the exhaust pipe and the crossmember. I also noticed the noise was there when I first started it and the engine torqued over when it fired.
Pried up the exhaust, got the rock out of there, and all is well!
Thanks guys!
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Haven't had much time for the internet in awhile, sorry.
But I did figure out the noise!
After a few hours of looking around, there was a rock stuck between the exhaust pipe and the crossmember. I also noticed the noise was there when I first started it and the engine torqued over when it fired.
Pried up the exhaust, got the rock out of there, and all is well!
Thanks guys!
But I did figure out the noise!
After a few hours of looking around, there was a rock stuck between the exhaust pipe and the crossmember. I also noticed the noise was there when I first started it and the engine torqued over when it fired.
Pried up the exhaust, got the rock out of there, and all is well!
Thanks guys!
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