- Location
- NC Sandhills
Noticed a severely loud banging coming "from underneath" on occasion the last couple times I've been wheeling... the best way to describe it is like the sound a cheap ten-speed bike makes when it's shifting gears: Clang Clang Clang... With the front of the jeep raised, the driveshaft allows almost 1/4 revolution before the tires move...(pre-inspection diagnosos was stripped gears, but...)
Fearing the worst, I pulled the front cover off this morning. The oil was clean and the R & P gears look fine, as do the teeth on the locker, but it appears like it isn't working: spin one wheel and it just spins (overrides) the only way to get the opposing side to lock in is to take a prybar and force the two center parts apart. even then it uncouples as soon as the prybar is removed. Also I can see that the center pin has alot of movement...maybe 1/4" or more (towards it's center, not at the ends)
The only other time I've heard this was when my MJ's 231 chain was streched...this is that case, but the chain only has maybe 20k on it now.
This lock-right has seen a few miles of bumpy road...One Ton XJ(ab)used it before I got ahold of it and I have been less than tender...
What's the diagnosis? and do they sell rebuild kits (springs & pins) for these? I have to pull the carrier out soon to replace the seals, so that's prime time to go deeper.
TIA for advice
Fearing the worst, I pulled the front cover off this morning. The oil was clean and the R & P gears look fine, as do the teeth on the locker, but it appears like it isn't working: spin one wheel and it just spins (overrides) the only way to get the opposing side to lock in is to take a prybar and force the two center parts apart. even then it uncouples as soon as the prybar is removed. Also I can see that the center pin has alot of movement...maybe 1/4" or more (towards it's center, not at the ends)
The only other time I've heard this was when my MJ's 231 chain was streched...this is that case, but the chain only has maybe 20k on it now.
This lock-right has seen a few miles of bumpy road...One Ton XJ(ab)used it before I got ahold of it and I have been less than tender...
What's the diagnosis? and do they sell rebuild kits (springs & pins) for these? I have to pull the carrier out soon to replace the seals, so that's prime time to go deeper.
TIA for advice