CV joints were not the problem

harsh20 · **Posted:** Sun Dec 27, 2009 10:17 pm

02 Renegade with a mv3550 5 speed. 153000 problem free miles until now.
Yesterday I replaced my CV joints. The first side it took me an hour to get everything apart and reassembled but the second side took 8 minutes to get disassembled and an equal amount of time to reassemble. The lower ball joint on the first side took quite a bit of time.(recall replacement type). I figured out that I needed a bigger hammer.

However the loud sweeling noise I was hearing was not from the axles. :roll:

After some extensive searching I found my apparent problem. It appears the throw out bearing exploded and pieces are getting between pressure plate and clutch. Growling with the clutch engaged and sharp sweeling when the pedal is depressed. It was becoming hard to shift between gears. And when I tried to Stop the jeep wanted to keep going for a couple of rolls. I had hunch it was it was clutch related from the beginning but I was going for the less expensive and labor intensive option first. I had heard of similar symptoms causing the issues in rare occasions but not in my case.
Next will be clutch kit. Gonna have a mechanic do it because I don't have access to a lift.

JNJ-Z · **Posted:** Tue Dec 29, 2009 2:27 pm

hope that it solves your problem

JeepinJarhead03 · **Posted:** Wed Dec 30, 2009 8:55 am

fixed a 02 wrangler not long ago with that exact same problem, throwout bearing kersploded

invest in 4 good heavy jackstands, a cheep creeper and two half decent floorjacks and a couple blocks of wood, lift's are over-rated for tranny work unless you want a thousand dollar tranny jack too

harsh20 · **Posted:** Wed Dec 30, 2009 9:39 pm

new clutch plus a new bearing(completely seized) on the input shaft of the transmission.
all is well now.

CV joints were not the problem

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