Front end vibration!?! Please advise..

pafireman80 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:00 pm

It is most likely your front drive shaft CV. Just had to have mine rebuilt 2 weeks ago.

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:16 pm

tommudd wrote:

if a sound thats ...like every revolution of the tire...sounds lika u joint, when someone is going slow I can hear a bad joint across a parking lot due to screech...screech...screech when going slow and then it getting worse as you speed up

hey tom..
is it okay to drive? like now to findlay?

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:23 pm

pafireman80 wrote:

It is most likely your front drive shaft CV. Just had to have mine rebuilt 2 weeks ago.

how much did that run you?

jerbacher · **Posted:** Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:26 pm

u-joints on the rear drive shaft and CV on the front, is that right? i'm feeling kinda clueless, but i think i might have the same thing goin on. :roll:

Jeepjeepster · **Posted:** Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:41 pm

jerbacher wrote:

u-joints on the rear drive shaft and CV on the front, is that right? i'm feeling kinda clueless, but i think i might have the same thing goin on. :roll:

Correct.

WoodysKJ · **Posted:** Mon Feb 11, 2008 5:47 pm

Start simple then get complicated.

What kind of wheels? Steelies or alloy? Pot holes lately? COUYLD be a slightly bent rim if steel or a blown tread. Could have thrown a weight. IF they were just balanced and one of the wieghts was not set or pounded on all the way you could have thrown it. Look on both front wheels inside and out along the bead rim and see if there is a mark where a weight WAS.

Jack the front end and spin the tires. check for blown tread. andy play when you wiggle the tire as it is suspended?

If you go in to a shop saying my wheels shake they get dollar signs in their eyes.

check the simple stuff first.

Blown tread=warrantee maybe or at least road hazard.

good luck.

Guest · **Posted:** Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:16 pm

How many miles? if it's a side-to-side shake in the steering wheel, i'd jack it up and wiggle the wheel back and forth (horizontally, along the steering axis) to see if tehre's any lay in the tie rod ends

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Mon Feb 11, 2008 9:35 pm

WoodysKJ wrote:

Start simple then get complicated.

What kind of wheels? Steelies or alloy? Pot holes lately? COUYLD be a slightly bent rim if steel or a blown tread. Could have thrown a weight. IF they were just balanced and one of the wieghts was not set or pounded on all the way you could have thrown it. Look on both front wheels inside and out along the bead rim and see if there is a mark where a weight WAS.

Jack the front end and spin the tires. check for blown tread. andy play when you wiggle the tire as it is suspended?

If you go in to a shop saying my wheels shake they get dollar signs in their eyes.
check the simple stuff first.

Blown tread=warrantee maybe or at least road hazard.

good luck.

I have the sport alloy wheels... I lifted the front and the wheels don't seem to wiggle.... I may have thrown a weight on the passenger rear...
All of the noises seem to be coming from underneath my feet in the middle of the KJ. Especially when I accelerate in reverse!

Mileage :roll:

124,626 I had new Tie rod ends put in at around 90,000 and did the factory recall on the LBall Joints.. I had all the oils in the diffs/trans ect.. changed at 112,000
oh my steering wheel doesn't seem to shake from side to side and seems to be going straight down the road..

Thanks again
Chris

WoodysKJ · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:35 am

cdiekhans wrote:

All of the noises seem to be coming from underneath my feet in the middle of the KJ. Especially when I accelerate in reverse!

Drive shaft or propeller shaft u joints it sounds like. don't feel it in the steering, and is in center of vehicle.

check the drive shafts.

sleeve84028 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2008 8:53 am

I was almost going to say check the lug-nuts for tightness but then I felt bad for thinking that one. My money is on a bum U-joint on the rear driveshaft. Probably because of all the slack in the drive line and then toss on the 125,000+ miles driven. It's time for a few more "high mileage" bits to fail.

Good Luck

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2008 1:47 pm

Thanks for all of the Info... I'm taking the KJ in at 2... I will mention what you guys have relayed to me.. Thank you very much for all your help!
I'll let ya know how it goes...
Chris

pafireman80 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:04 pm

cdiekhans wrote:

pafireman80 wrote:

It is most likely your front drive shaft CV. Just had to have mine rebuilt 2 weeks ago.

how much did that run you?

It was around $250 for the rebuild with HD components

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:37 pm

I'm back from the dealership.... Tom was right! The mechanic said that my U joints where "WASTED" :roll:

He checked Ball Joints. ect.. all was fine..
I'm getting them replaced tomorrow at 8am
Oh and Jon you might want to get yours checked the mechanic said I probably shouldn't drive too far ....
Thanks all
Chris

WV Jay · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:48 pm

Glad to hear ya got it figured out. Although at almost 100K, it looks as though I've got things to look forward to, lol.

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:52 pm

Ha I have to go tell my wife that I was right for a change :lol:

By the way mine went at about 55000 miles, greaseable ones now so before every off road trip shot a little grease in them, plus every oil change :wink:

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:56 pm

Hey tom where did you get your U joints?

tommudd · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:59 pm

NAPA, I should of came down anyways last night to Findlay, I have a set of brand new Tom Woods U joints laying out in the garage :wink:

as spares

03CDKJ · **Posted:** Tue Feb 12, 2008 6:16 pm

Oh yeah Well you should probably leave for athens tnight and drop them off to me :twisted:

JK
Im heading to lancaster tomorrow night. and will be there for 8 days....
Oh and good call and the U joints... I hope these last another 55,000+ but i'm sure something else will go wrong before then :roll:

Oh and what size yoke do we have 3'' or 4''

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