Hi all,
I’m hoping I can get some feedback on an issue I’ve been dealing with for some years now. I’ve searched endlessly on all Jeep forums and nothing quite matched my issue.
My build:
2001 Jeep TJ AUTO 4.0
4” lift
Stock Dana 30 (front) Dana 35 (rear)
The issue I’ve been having is every time I shift from park to drive (vice versa) or park to reverse (vice versa) it makes a clunking noise comes from the rear. The Jeep itself slightly drops down when any shift is made. There’s no clunk whatsoever once it’s being driven. Again, only when I go to shift to P, D, or R.
My thought was that it could be my rear drive shaft since the previous owner who installed the lift never put in an SYE. I just recently had my T-case rebuilt since that was what the mechanic thought was the underlying issue. I also had him install an SYE kit along with an upgraded drive shaft from Adams as well as the front drive shaft. I picked up the Jeep from the shop and absolutely no noise when shifting. Few days later go out to run some errands, still no issues but when I came home and shifted to park the clunking came back. So I put it back in drive and it clunked, went to reverse and it clunked, back to park and it clunked. I’m at a loss. I’ve been told it could be my rear diff (ring & pinion)? I personally don’t have to ability to check it...
Anyone have any idea what it cloud be?
Also, I had the upper control arms (non adjustable) replaced 2 years ago. Lower controls are fine, however I bought adjustable control arms from Currie for both upper and lower that I haven’t gotten around to installing.
Unfortunately my mechanic has COVID and is on quarantine lockdown for the next 2 weeks so I won’t be able to get it in until then. I might try looking for a different mechanic in any case. I just want to figure out what the issue is since it’s annoying me more then ever especially after dropping all that cash on the rebuild, SYE, and drive shafts.
Any help us much appreciated. Thank you.
-Gio
I’m hoping I can get some feedback on an issue I’ve been dealing with for some years now. I’ve searched endlessly on all Jeep forums and nothing quite matched my issue.
My build:
2001 Jeep TJ AUTO 4.0
4” lift
Stock Dana 30 (front) Dana 35 (rear)
The issue I’ve been having is every time I shift from park to drive (vice versa) or park to reverse (vice versa) it makes a clunking noise comes from the rear. The Jeep itself slightly drops down when any shift is made. There’s no clunk whatsoever once it’s being driven. Again, only when I go to shift to P, D, or R.
My thought was that it could be my rear drive shaft since the previous owner who installed the lift never put in an SYE. I just recently had my T-case rebuilt since that was what the mechanic thought was the underlying issue. I also had him install an SYE kit along with an upgraded drive shaft from Adams as well as the front drive shaft. I picked up the Jeep from the shop and absolutely no noise when shifting. Few days later go out to run some errands, still no issues but when I came home and shifted to park the clunking came back. So I put it back in drive and it clunked, went to reverse and it clunked, back to park and it clunked. I’m at a loss. I’ve been told it could be my rear diff (ring & pinion)? I personally don’t have to ability to check it...
Anyone have any idea what it cloud be?
Also, I had the upper control arms (non adjustable) replaced 2 years ago. Lower controls are fine, however I bought adjustable control arms from Currie for both upper and lower that I haven’t gotten around to installing.
Unfortunately my mechanic has COVID and is on quarantine lockdown for the next 2 weeks so I won’t be able to get it in until then. I might try looking for a different mechanic in any case. I just want to figure out what the issue is since it’s annoying me more then ever especially after dropping all that cash on the rebuild, SYE, and drive shafts.
Any help us much appreciated. Thank you.
-Gio