Stupid drive shaft question
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Stupid drive shaft question
Does the front drive shaft turn when you are NOT in 4WD????? I've got this annoying as hell clicking sound that I suspect is a bad U-Joint. Just trying to see if I should replace front and back since I really don't use the 4WD.
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I just replaced my first U-joint last week and also had a clicking noise before. What you can do to determine which shaft it is is put on your parking brake, put the tranny and T-case in neutral, crawl under, and turn your driveshafts by hand and look for play at the U-joints.
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Yeah I saw your thread a few days ago, I plan on following the steps in the youtube video to do mine. I actually just found the answer to my question on another youtube video, so I guess the front shaft does turn all the time. I think the clicking is actually coming from the front shaft on mine, but I'd like to replace the joints on both shafts for maintenance purposes. So I guess the question is now... how many joints are there? 2 on the front and 2 on the rear?
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depends on what front axle you have. if you have a vacume disconnect then no the front shaft dosint turn it 2wd.
if you don't have a disco then yes everything spins even in 2wd just no power going to it.
if you don't have a disco then yes everything spins even in 2wd just no power going to it.
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Yeah something is wrong the chain in my T-Case and who knows when I can get it fixed... Thanx for the help guys....I'm gonna go remove that shaft now... hopefully a bolt head doesn't snap off in the process from the corrosion!!!!
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OK got the drive shaft off, not too bad of a procedure. Don't think the U-joints are that bad though, the rust is holdin' em tight!! Any way that click clacking sound is in the T-Case, when I spin the joint for the front drive shaft by hand I can hear the sound. My XJ is more of a pavement pounder any way, cars are kinda ifee in these Tucson Monsoons, that's why I sold my Olds and bought the Cherokee.
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