Silver85327
02-25-2005, 03:46 PM
So I finally got around to putting the front drive shaft in my zj.
When I bought it the dude was upfront and said it was makeing a noise, thats why he took it out.
Ok so I put it in and drove around the yard in low no noise no going over 15 mph.
So I stop throw it in neutral kick it in high cruise around the yard 15 mph no noise.
So I drive down to the road pull out and once i hit about 20 mph there starts a whine. You know the sound when you have aggressive tread and travel at highway speeds? Thats what it sounds like. The faster i go the louder it gets.
I have street tires. 31's they are not the cause of the sound. He replaced all the bearings, the shafts, only thing he hasnt done was replace the gears. I am thinking maybe the peeps that had it before HIM maybe installed new gears and didnt shim them right?
Anyways give me some thoughts before i tear the front pumpkin apart.
When I bought it the dude was upfront and said it was makeing a noise, thats why he took it out.
Ok so I put it in and drove around the yard in low no noise no going over 15 mph.
So I stop throw it in neutral kick it in high cruise around the yard 15 mph no noise.
So I drive down to the road pull out and once i hit about 20 mph there starts a whine. You know the sound when you have aggressive tread and travel at highway speeds? Thats what it sounds like. The faster i go the louder it gets.
I have street tires. 31's they are not the cause of the sound. He replaced all the bearings, the shafts, only thing he hasnt done was replace the gears. I am thinking maybe the peeps that had it before HIM maybe installed new gears and didnt shim them right?
Anyways give me some thoughts before i tear the front pumpkin apart.