Mike Stroud

When shifting from reverse to drive there is a loud clunk, in the rear of my 97 cherokee, any ideas??

littleredXJ

U-joints, do you have a locker?, ring and pinion worn, or maybe just normal driveline play. I would start by checking u-joints

caged

check u-joints, then check tranny mount. most likely u-joints tho.

casualties

x257 on u joints. almost always. and for 20 bucks if it aint the issue, at least you didnt put in a new ring and pinion just to find it was 20 dollar u joints.

lurk520

If you do the U-Joints you might as well lube the splines in the rear drive shaft.... that could also be an issue....mine also has a loud clunk when shifting from reverse to drive, but it is more in the middle where the tranny is... possibly a transmission mount.... seems to shift kinda hard from first to second gear as well.