mjcxking

I have a 1999 jeep Cherokee sport with the 4.0 I just came back from a wheeling trip and when I accelerate I hear a clicking noise or a catching from the front you can really hear it at 15 to 25 mph then it will go away, it doesn't sound good and happened like two days after I got back from my wheeling trip, any ideas?

chipmaker

Check all of your u-joints. What you're describing sounds like the death cry of one.

mjcxking

I checked the drive shafts no play, I'll have to check the axles

93_xjcherokee

Wheel bearing or u joint

chipmaker

Did you take the shaft out and check it or just try to wiggle it?

mjcxking

Wiggle the hell out of it

kjdad

Sounds like u joints or a bent dust shield..I thought my u joints were okay..until I replaced them and half of the needle bearings were missing..

chipmaker

Exactly. The only real way to check u-joints is to remove the DS and give em a looking over. It only takes like 10 min to remove the shaft.

mjcxking

I might be wrong, but wouldn't there be a lot of vibration if it was yje driveshaft?

chipmaker

Nope not necessarily. The needle bearings could still be intact but dry and beginning to fail

twinkiedooter

My U joints looked okay according to my mechanic but when he took them out to replace them with new.... boy were they ALL really shot to hell. You can't just eyeball or wiggle them... you have to take them out to properly test them There are I think 8 U joints in all to change out. I had him change out all 8 and now I have NO noise or vibration at all period.

madmanmarty

How bout a twig?
Probably a u joint.