Ewenm
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Gold Coast Australia
hi all, I've had an XJ limited for 20 years and so can comfortably say know i know 90's jeeps. ( the XJ is a 1994 with 4370000km)
so i got lucky and came across a 1999 ZJ grand cherokee limited, 375000 km on it and unregistered, just expired, excellent body work stock as a rock good tyres and stunningly good grey/black leather interior, only the outer edge of drivers seat showing any wear.
so question time. i asked over on a Grand Cherokee site but as yet have no response so I'm taking the punt that many XJers also have later models.
so here goes
do the ZJ,s of this age have the head cracking issues of the later XJ,s?
the owner thought it had a stuffed transfer case but said it would still drive but was noisy, so driving the couple of KMs home i felt the noise was more from the front and was worse under acceleration and when turning and the load being on the front RH wheel.
so i got under it and the front rh brake calliper seems to be loose when compared to the lhs, and then i saw that the diff end of the front drive shaft that the boot was split and there seemed to be excessive side to side play in the drive shaft CV.
anyone want to comment if in there opinion that would be the problem.
for me the noise sounds for all the world like a front wheel drive car with shot CVs, this car though has had two new drive shafts fitted.
first job is to get a battery though as this one is dead.
ill be changing all fluids, but will first want to address the noise.
as this is a constant all wheel drive i don't have the option i guess to pull the front shaft.
thanks for reading and any input greatly appreciated
and yes i could search but I'm betting someone has all the info i need at there fingertips, and the sooner its fixed the soon I'm driving it heheh
thanks again
so i got lucky and came across a 1999 ZJ grand cherokee limited, 375000 km on it and unregistered, just expired, excellent body work stock as a rock good tyres and stunningly good grey/black leather interior, only the outer edge of drivers seat showing any wear.
so question time. i asked over on a Grand Cherokee site but as yet have no response so I'm taking the punt that many XJers also have later models.
so here goes
do the ZJ,s of this age have the head cracking issues of the later XJ,s?
the owner thought it had a stuffed transfer case but said it would still drive but was noisy, so driving the couple of KMs home i felt the noise was more from the front and was worse under acceleration and when turning and the load being on the front RH wheel.
so i got under it and the front rh brake calliper seems to be loose when compared to the lhs, and then i saw that the diff end of the front drive shaft that the boot was split and there seemed to be excessive side to side play in the drive shaft CV.
anyone want to comment if in there opinion that would be the problem.
for me the noise sounds for all the world like a front wheel drive car with shot CVs, this car though has had two new drive shafts fitted.
first job is to get a battery though as this one is dead.
ill be changing all fluids, but will first want to address the noise.
as this is a constant all wheel drive i don't have the option i guess to pull the front shaft.
thanks for reading and any input greatly appreciated
and yes i could search but I'm betting someone has all the info i need at there fingertips, and the sooner its fixed the soon I'm driving it heheh
thanks again