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Its very possable and actually happens quite often mostly due to wear on the gear itself being nylon they don't last forever ( i'm on my third ) also they vibrate loose (out of adjustment ) usually and I hate to say this but the drive gear in the case is usually at fault. So I would have him spin the drivin gear untill he feels contact tighten it up and see what happens. So no stupidty on you part . By the way to get off track here I noticed that we have the same jeep and at one time the same color if yours is blue , is it a limited ??

 

ok, well, I dont know if it is good or not, i just looked in the hole, that i took the other gear out of. how can i get a better look at it?

 

Yes a limited leather and 242 t/c. Dark blue w/ gold trim.

 

Yup thats what mine was !! Does that make us twin sons of different mothers lol lol

 

Sounds right to me.......brother!

 

so, I just took a second look at the gea ( the one not in the interior ), and it looks worn most of the way around. where do i go to get a new one? i am not sure who will have it, because it is an 84.

 

You can try the stealership. The gear should be the same all the way to around 2001 just compare the new one with the old one before you leave the parts counter. 231 t/c is a 231 t/c so they should be the same just have to get the right amount of teeth on both old and new gears.

 

Ill try, but when i looked online, they all loked different thn mine. I think it is because it is all cable driven, not electrical.

 

Mine is a 90 and still cable driven. 96s were also cable driven too. That's as new as I have owned. Anybody know when the speedo gears changed in the 231j t/c?

 

Call your local jeep dealer with year , make , model and color of speedo gear and they should have it for you if not post up that info I maight have one here.

 

ok, called them, and they said they didnt have it.
its an 1984, jeep cherokee. The color is blue.

 

get a part # and I bet we can find it online..

 

Did you ask them if they could order one? I have ordered a few items through the dealer they didn't have em in stock but they ordered them for me from a warehouse. Sometimes they will still have items at the Chrysler warehouse.

 

OKC it might be too old for the stealership to even have it on computer. Did Al Gore make the internet already back in '84???