I have an 04 TJ with 100k miles. Just yesterday, I noticed somewhat of a squealing high pitched sound when I started the jeep. The noise continued as I backed out of the driveway. Then, as I started driving again, I didn’t really hear it anymore.
But when pressing the clutch and brake at stop lights, i would hear it again.
Today, it started doing the same thing, but suddenly it didn’t want to let me change gears. The stick would move freely in the neutral position, but it would not want to go into gear. And I would have to keep wiggling the stick around until it finally went into gear.
Even when I finally made it back to my driveway, as I was completely stopped, when I trued to get it back into first gear (or any other gear), I could hear what sounded like a clanking noise as the gear tried to lock into place.
Does anyone have a clue what this might be? And for what it’s worth, about a week or two ago, I noticed I was getting a slight bit of resistance only when shifting to third gear. I eventually just thought maybe it was in my head so didn’t think much of it. But it definitely seems to be connected to this problem.
But when pressing the clutch and brake at stop lights, i would hear it again.
Today, it started doing the same thing, but suddenly it didn’t want to let me change gears. The stick would move freely in the neutral position, but it would not want to go into gear. And I would have to keep wiggling the stick around until it finally went into gear.
Even when I finally made it back to my driveway, as I was completely stopped, when I trued to get it back into first gear (or any other gear), I could hear what sounded like a clanking noise as the gear tried to lock into place.
Does anyone have a clue what this might be? And for what it’s worth, about a week or two ago, I noticed I was getting a slight bit of resistance only when shifting to third gear. I eventually just thought maybe it was in my head so didn’t think much of it. But it definitely seems to be connected to this problem.
