My Jeep sings to me and it's crooked...

mgroeger said:
Wonderful, that driveshaft has less than 10k miles on it. I would hope this isn't what is going.
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Doesn't absolutely have to be that, it's just that the speed it happens at, and the description sound like angry sparrows. If a newer driveshaft, it seems unlikely, though.

As far as the lean, OME even says sometimes that may occur, and they suggest switching springs side to side. Sort of a pain, but may solve the lean. Or, use a spacer on the low side.
 
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I would also suspect the centering ball in the front driveshaft. If you ignore it long enough and it seizes, it usually rips half the transfer case off and does considerable damage in the process.
I had a buddy that had a new rear driveshaft bullt and less than a week later it seized and took the t-case off the transmission, and the exhaust joined it for the ride.
Turned out the shaft builder forgot to grease the center section.

And I also agree with swapping the springs side to side and see what happens. I just installed an OME HD 2” kit on my TJ Unlimited and it didn’t come with the spacers nor did the ad list any spacers in their itemized description so possibly they are no longer included.
 
Thanks for the info. I will hit everything with the grease gun and see if it helps. Can I grease the centering ball (noob question)? After looking at some pics it appears not. Any advice on how to check if it is the centering ball?
 
I have to swap my rear OME springs in the rear also as I also have a lean. If you read the instructions it does say there are slight different in length for the front pair and the rear pair, and the longer front spring goes on the drivers side and the longer rear goes on the passenger side. I read the instructions after I installed the rear LOL!
 
Well now last night my Jeep didn't sing to me. In all the spots on my drive where it used to sing it didn't. I will be crawling around under there this weekend.
 
Well, after three days I have yet to hear the singing again. That's good news but I do wonder what it was. I was under the Jeep this weekend and looked at the front driveshaft. I could see the ball and that it had grease all around it. The front U joint was exposed as in no rubber boot on it, is that normal? I saw no grease points on the U joints like the rear driveshaft has, but the front portion of the tube of the drive shaft had a grease fitting. Being new to front solid axle and front driveshafts I didn't know exactly how that greas fitting had an effect. It is an Adams driveshaft but I don't know the model number.

It's in the shop right now having the suspension dialed in and they are going to give it a look around and make sure everything is good. There is also a clunking noise up front they are going to address.

Here is a pic of another Jeep to show where that grease fitting is.
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mgroeger said:
Well, after three days I have yet to hear the singing again. That's good news but I do wonder what it was. I was under the Jeep this weekend and looked at the front driveshaft. I could see the ball and that it had grease all around it. The front U joint was exposed as in no rubber boot on it, is that normal? I saw no grease points on the U joints like the rear driveshaft has, but the front portion of the tube of the drive shaft had a grease fitting. Being new to front solid axle and front driveshafts I didn't know exactly how that greas fitting had an effect. It is an Adams driveshaft but I don't know the model number.

It's in the shop right now having the suspension dialed in and they are going to give it a look around and make sure everything is good. There is also a clunking noise up front they are going to address.

Here is a pic of another Jeep to show where that grease fitting is.
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Everything sounds pretty normal for your driveshaft. The splines being exposed isn't an issue. The grease fitting is for pumping grease into those splines to aid with sliding in/out, and also to push out any contaminants.

Hopefully the shop will be able to sort out some of your other issues!
 
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