Gageraid wrote:
I know you said you did turns in the parking lot, but did you do them at full lock?
I don't think any movement is good when you jack up the Jeep and wiggle the tires.
Also try the same turns in reverse at full lock.
Yup, I did full lock turns both forward and backward in the parking lot. I can't hear anything out of the ordinary.
Ted15 wrote:
Check the right CV where it goes onto the intermediate shaft. ... Try putting it in 4WD as soon as it starts to vibrate for a few seconds and see if it calms down or stops. If it does then definatley pull it apart for a look.
That is an interesting idea. I didn't try the 4WD thing because it only vibrates at > 50 or 55 mph. 4WD at speed on pavement = bad things happen.
I drove it from Roanoke, VA back to Philly today. I would say the vibes and noise are a bit worse now, but again it only happens on the highway and it is intermittent (noise & vibration 50-75% of the time, and what I would consider really bad 5-10% of the time). It also changes when I am going around corners. I don't feel it in the steering wheel, so I don't think it's a tie rod. I am now thinking the passenger's side wheel bearing is going bad. What do you all think of that hypothesis? I wheeled it for 8 weeks this summer on rough forest roads and firebreaks, so I guess that could wear out the wheel bearings.
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