Ive begun to notice a noise coming from the rear end on my 99 wrangler. It only
occurs from a stop to about ten miles per hour, and doenst happen all the time.
It seems to be coming from the rear axle area. It almost sounds like the
parking brake is dragging. I have the trac-lock limited slip from the factory.
I just made a service appt and the dealer, and he stated that I should have
changed all the fluids at 30 thousand miles. If it was just the bearings, it
shouldnt be so bad, but if I needed a new ring and pinion I would be in
trouble. Anyone have any insight? thanks .

 

How many miles does it have?

- Kevin in Iowa, v2.0


"Waveblast9" <waveblast9@aol.com> wrote in message
news:20030716173107.18105.00000024@mb-m17.aol.com...
> Ive begun to notice a noise coming from the rear end on my 99 wrangler. It
only
> occurs from a stop to about ten miles per hour, and doenst happen all the
time.
> It seems to be coming from the rear axle area. It almost sounds like the
> parking brake is dragging. I have the trac-lock limited slip from the
factory.
> I just made a service appt and the dealer, and he stated that I should
have
> changed all the fluids at 30 thousand miles. If it was just the bearings,
it
> shouldnt be so bad, but if I needed a new ring and pinion I would be in
> trouble. Anyone have any insight? thanks .

 

Check the U joints First! when was the last time you libricated them?
..... always go for the simple thing first.

Waveblast9 wrote:
> Ive begun to notice a noise coming from the rear end on my 99 wrangler. It only
> occurs from a stop to about ten miles per hour, and doenst happen all the time.
> It seems to be coming from the rear axle area. It almost sounds like the
> parking brake is dragging. I have the trac-lock limited slip from the factory.
> I just made a service appt and the dealer, and he stated that I should have
> changed all the fluids at 30 thousand miles. If it was just the bearings, it
> shouldnt be so bad, but if I needed a new ring and pinion I would be in
> trouble. Anyone have any insight? thanks .

 

around 69000 miles

 

Waveblast9 wrote:
> around 69000 miles


mine has had this since about 54000. coesnt seem to hurt anything . I
changer to synthetic rear end fluid and this made it better.