shultzie
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Hey guys. Been coming to this site for the last four years to help me with issues I've had which has been great but now I cant find my problem. I drive a 2005 Jeep TJ with a D35 with limited slip. The Jeep has 54,000 miles on it.
When I take off and turn I get a grinding like sound coming from the rear and is worse on a incline. It does not do this every time I turn and never when going straight. When I stick my head out the window it sounds like its coming from the driver rear wheel. My first thought was spider gears but opened up my axle and everything looked great. Then I thought maybe my wheel bearing or something with the brakes in the drum but I pulled the axles and checked both sides and can't find the issue. Bearings look good. Brakes seem as they should. I did notice the one of the spider gears with the pin through it has just the smallest more movement than the other but thought it might just be from the torque of the driveshaft moving. I don't know enough about that to know if its a problem or not. I just picked this jeep up not long ago to replace my 97 TJ that I just sold and I've had it since 2001. It looks like the gear oil has never been changed. Is that a issue with limited slip?
Any info would be much appreciated.
I can go take pics if needed maybe you can see something I don't.
Thanks in advance.
When I take off and turn I get a grinding like sound coming from the rear and is worse on a incline. It does not do this every time I turn and never when going straight. When I stick my head out the window it sounds like its coming from the driver rear wheel. My first thought was spider gears but opened up my axle and everything looked great. Then I thought maybe my wheel bearing or something with the brakes in the drum but I pulled the axles and checked both sides and can't find the issue. Bearings look good. Brakes seem as they should. I did notice the one of the spider gears with the pin through it has just the smallest more movement than the other but thought it might just be from the torque of the driveshaft moving. I don't know enough about that to know if its a problem or not. I just picked this jeep up not long ago to replace my 97 TJ that I just sold and I've had it since 2001. It looks like the gear oil has never been changed. Is that a issue with limited slip?
Any info would be much appreciated.
I can go take pics if needed maybe you can see something I don't.
Thanks in advance.