I know helping find a noise is hard when you're not in person, but I'm seeing if any of y'all have any ideas. I've spent about two weeks searching for it and reading suggestions online from all the forums and none of them seem to solve the issue.
I have a small squeak/chirp that happens only when driving. It's not consistent but it shows up when I hit vibrations in the road or small bumps.
It's not the front driveshaft as I've taken it off and driven and still there. I really don't believe it's any part of the suspension because I can't mimic the sound at all when shaking the jeep or really moving it. Plus I've thoroughly lubricated all suspension parts in search of this.
The sound 'appears' to be coming from under/behind the dash in front of the key switch to turn the airbag off (1999 TJ 4.0 w/Manual Transmission).
I've also tightened the exhaust bolts where the headers meet the exhaust pipe. I've tightened what I can on the interior plastics. It sounds more metal on metal and a light chirp if I had to describe it. I thought it could be shifter linkage for the transfer case but I've sprayed the heck out of it with WD-40, held it down, switched it to different positions and the chirp is still there.
Any ideas? It's hard to see up in that area from either under the Jeep or inside it. So I'm curious if anyone has suggestions before I start taking things apart. Normally I can deal with squeaks and such but this one just instantly gets under my skin when I start driving.
I have a small squeak/chirp that happens only when driving. It's not consistent but it shows up when I hit vibrations in the road or small bumps.
It's not the front driveshaft as I've taken it off and driven and still there. I really don't believe it's any part of the suspension because I can't mimic the sound at all when shaking the jeep or really moving it. Plus I've thoroughly lubricated all suspension parts in search of this.
The sound 'appears' to be coming from under/behind the dash in front of the key switch to turn the airbag off (1999 TJ 4.0 w/Manual Transmission).
I've also tightened the exhaust bolts where the headers meet the exhaust pipe. I've tightened what I can on the interior plastics. It sounds more metal on metal and a light chirp if I had to describe it. I thought it could be shifter linkage for the transfer case but I've sprayed the heck out of it with WD-40, held it down, switched it to different positions and the chirp is still there.
Any ideas? It's hard to see up in that area from either under the Jeep or inside it. So I'm curious if anyone has suggestions before I start taking things apart. Normally I can deal with squeaks and such but this one just instantly gets under my skin when I start driving.