keyoctave
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- North Carolina
Hello all.
I have a 1995 Country 4WD that has 180,000 miles. I bought it new and have taken very good care of it. It has been my daily driver for the past 14 years (yes, I love my Jeep!). It is all stock. I don't do any serious off roading but my job requires me to be at work no matter what the weather and it has gotten me to and from there on every occasion.
My problem started a few weeks ago. I began to notice a fine vibration that goes through the whole vehicle body starting around 55 mph and steadly gets worse as my speed increases. What makes this bad is my legs and lower torso start to tingle after about 10 min of driving at freeway speeds. This is keeping me from driving any longer trips at higher speeds. Thinking it was my tires, I had them rotated and balanced. This did not help. Had them re-balanced again. No change. Bought new tires (was going to before winter anyway). Still has the vibration. My rims are cast and are in good shape. I have not hit any jarring holes that I can recall.
After reading about vibration problems, I had both u-joints on my rear drive shaft replaced. Still vibrates. I took the vehicle up to 75mph, put it in neutral, took my foot off the gas. The vibration was still there and lessoned as my speed decreased.
My question is what to do next. I have read about front driveshaft problems but I thought it does not turn when in 2WD. Am I mistaken on this? Would replacing the 3 front driveshaft u-joints be the next step? Any helpful insights to this problem would be MOST appreaciated!
I have a 1995 Country 4WD that has 180,000 miles. I bought it new and have taken very good care of it. It has been my daily driver for the past 14 years (yes, I love my Jeep!). It is all stock. I don't do any serious off roading but my job requires me to be at work no matter what the weather and it has gotten me to and from there on every occasion.
My problem started a few weeks ago. I began to notice a fine vibration that goes through the whole vehicle body starting around 55 mph and steadly gets worse as my speed increases. What makes this bad is my legs and lower torso start to tingle after about 10 min of driving at freeway speeds. This is keeping me from driving any longer trips at higher speeds. Thinking it was my tires, I had them rotated and balanced. This did not help. Had them re-balanced again. No change. Bought new tires (was going to before winter anyway). Still has the vibration. My rims are cast and are in good shape. I have not hit any jarring holes that I can recall.
After reading about vibration problems, I had both u-joints on my rear drive shaft replaced. Still vibrates. I took the vehicle up to 75mph, put it in neutral, took my foot off the gas. The vibration was still there and lessoned as my speed decreased.
My question is what to do next. I have read about front driveshaft problems but I thought it does not turn when in 2WD. Am I mistaken on this? Would replacing the 3 front driveshaft u-joints be the next step? Any helpful insights to this problem would be MOST appreaciated!