Oh i put it on the cover, not the hose. But i sounds like i will be taking it off again.
Side note: i was moving at a slow speed and had a big bump/clunk from the rear pass side. If felt like someone hit me feom behind at a slow speed. I pulled off the road to inspect i pulled on my tires on both sides and it felt a little sloppy. Not lnowing what was going on, i called for my dad and i had him do the same. It seems like a (sway?) bar clicked as it moves and mane the bushing were bad. I decided to drive home to jack up and inspect, but at about 25 mph, my warning chime went off and wouldnt stop!! No dash lights or gauges showed anything. I pulled over and had it towed.
anyway, i had a theory that somethibg shorted with an “electric” locker and caused the clunk and some weird voltage fluctuation that I read could produce the mystery chime.
The loose clamp does seem to support possibly the clunk being caused by the locker. But seems to require positive pressure (not a loose hose) and i am not sure explains the chime?
A lot of things going on here.
1st, the chime? I'm not real sure where to go with this one as I have never driven or even been around a Rubicon to know if the lockers have any kind of warning sensor or not....
2nd, When you say "it felt a little sloppy", what exactly felt sloppy, the body sway, axle end play...? The sway bar bushings would definitely account for clunking sounds and instability but should have nothing to do with any warning chimes.
3rd the locker, we already addressed the air vs electric so you've already ruled that theory out, As for the locker causing any kind of "clunk", the only time a locker will/could cause something likened to that description is when there is a difference in axle rpm from left to right. Mechanical lockers are famous for that while turning because of the ratcheting nature of how they work. Selectable lockers are effectively open differentials when unlocked and a "spool" when locked. If the locker engaged on it's own, unless you happened to be turning at the time or one tire had a significant height difference than the other, you'd probably never know it engaged.
3.b. Yes the locker does require positive pressure to engage. That being said there is one scenario that could be applied, although it's highly unlikely, and that is that your locker was stuck in the "engaged" position for one reason or another, and again, if you were turning or tire height is drastically different it could clunk when disengaging.
It's not much help but it rules out some things... Where in Washington do you live. There's a pretty good chance you might be close to someone who does have more knowledge that could help.
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