TheAlmightySam
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Portland, OR
Hey guys,
Threw a search out there for some of these, and most of my quandry came up with cures for death-wobble, which I luckily don't have. Hopefully I didn't miss an easy search term that would have solved my quandry, but "this thing makes a funny clunk-clunk-clunk when I slow down" doesn't come up with anything .
That said, I'm a new Jeep owner, having stumbled across a lovely blue '92 XJ, 4.0, AW4, NP231 on 30x9.5 BFG A/T KOs. Nice rig, and I like it a lot. Still, I have the following questions which should hopefully prove elementary to the minds here.
So, let's play.
1. The transfer case seems to jam up quite badly on occasion when trying to shift between the two ranges. Doesn't seem to matter whether I'm in park, neutral, reverse, or drive, and I know it's not bound up, because it's done it both on my perfectly flat, straight driveway and in gravel, where binding should be a non-issue anyway.
2. I'm assuming the t-case shifter is out of alignment, because although it goes into low just fine, it has a hard time keeping the front axle engaged. I have to pull the shifter back to keep it from being 2Low, and although 2Low is useful, that's not quite how I want this thing to work. Best thing is to just ditch the vacuum actuator, I know, but what's a good fix until I can do so?
3. When slowing down from speed, at about 25 MPH the vehicle will make a noticable "clunk clunk clunk," seemingly in time with the rotation of the wheels. U-joints have no play in them, the diff gears seem solid (very minimal play, nothing unexpected there). What be the culprit and the fix?
4. Okay, final question. I tore off a trans cooler line on a rock about a month ago. Patched it up with a bit of the coolant reservoir line, and it seems to be holding up just fine. However, ever since, the trans has very occasionally acted like it's "fallen out of gear." Even though I'm in drive, it'll just sit for a few moments and then come back to life, just like it was. Seems to be exaggerated by a hard stop, but that might just be my imagination. The gentleman at the local transmission shop mentioned something about the "internal seals being vulcanized," but I'm not sure whether or not to trust his advice. Thoughts?
Thanks a million in advance, guys!
Threw a search out there for some of these, and most of my quandry came up with cures for death-wobble, which I luckily don't have. Hopefully I didn't miss an easy search term that would have solved my quandry, but "this thing makes a funny clunk-clunk-clunk when I slow down" doesn't come up with anything .
That said, I'm a new Jeep owner, having stumbled across a lovely blue '92 XJ, 4.0, AW4, NP231 on 30x9.5 BFG A/T KOs. Nice rig, and I like it a lot. Still, I have the following questions which should hopefully prove elementary to the minds here.
So, let's play.
1. The transfer case seems to jam up quite badly on occasion when trying to shift between the two ranges. Doesn't seem to matter whether I'm in park, neutral, reverse, or drive, and I know it's not bound up, because it's done it both on my perfectly flat, straight driveway and in gravel, where binding should be a non-issue anyway.
2. I'm assuming the t-case shifter is out of alignment, because although it goes into low just fine, it has a hard time keeping the front axle engaged. I have to pull the shifter back to keep it from being 2Low, and although 2Low is useful, that's not quite how I want this thing to work. Best thing is to just ditch the vacuum actuator, I know, but what's a good fix until I can do so?
3. When slowing down from speed, at about 25 MPH the vehicle will make a noticable "clunk clunk clunk," seemingly in time with the rotation of the wheels. U-joints have no play in them, the diff gears seem solid (very minimal play, nothing unexpected there). What be the culprit and the fix?
4. Okay, final question. I tore off a trans cooler line on a rock about a month ago. Patched it up with a bit of the coolant reservoir line, and it seems to be holding up just fine. However, ever since, the trans has very occasionally acted like it's "fallen out of gear." Even though I'm in drive, it'll just sit for a few moments and then come back to life, just like it was. Seems to be exaggerated by a hard stop, but that might just be my imagination. The gentleman at the local transmission shop mentioned something about the "internal seals being vulcanized," but I'm not sure whether or not to trust his advice. Thoughts?
Thanks a million in advance, guys!