'95 XJ - growl from front right in 4wd
dauntless89
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- 1969 CJ5. 225 V6, T86, D18, D44 R & D27 F, 4.88:1
Alright, so just before my daily driver pickup took a dump I got my XJ back on the road to drive while I fixed the pickup. It was my wife's DD and then sat in the driveway with a bad motor for several months. New motor, test drove it in 2wd, all was good.
snowed two nights ago so I used 4wd to get onto the highway, then turned it off while accelerating to 65 mph. Noticed a whirring growly noise coming from the front right wheel area, kept going for several miles, and then there was a bang and a shudder and it stopped whirring. Thought I hit a bump in the road at first and that jarring motion helped ease the hub or CAD out of engagement. It's been sitting awhile, whatever. Drove the remaining 30 miles to work, then was in and out of 4wd on the way back. Noticed the whirring when it was in 4wd, but it wasn't there when I'd go back to 2.
This morning, same drill getting onto the highway. whirring after going back into 2wd then another bang/shudder (but in a different place where I know there is no bump on the road) and it quit making noise. Again I was in and out of 4wd coming home. Whirring in 4wd, but not in 2. The last time I engaged it, and went back into 2wd, the whirring stayed.
Haven't had a chance to check anything in the hub area yet. This is a 95 so it doesn't actually have the CAD. Brakes are new so it's probably not them. It was the wife's daily driver so who knows how long it's been doing this. Do these XJs have factory auto-locking hubs or does the front drivetrain just not have any disconnect?
snowed two nights ago so I used 4wd to get onto the highway, then turned it off while accelerating to 65 mph. Noticed a whirring growly noise coming from the front right wheel area, kept going for several miles, and then there was a bang and a shudder and it stopped whirring. Thought I hit a bump in the road at first and that jarring motion helped ease the hub or CAD out of engagement. It's been sitting awhile, whatever. Drove the remaining 30 miles to work, then was in and out of 4wd on the way back. Noticed the whirring when it was in 4wd, but it wasn't there when I'd go back to 2.
This morning, same drill getting onto the highway. whirring after going back into 2wd then another bang/shudder (but in a different place where I know there is no bump on the road) and it quit making noise. Again I was in and out of 4wd coming home. Whirring in 4wd, but not in 2. The last time I engaged it, and went back into 2wd, the whirring stayed.
Haven't had a chance to check anything in the hub area yet. This is a 95 so it doesn't actually have the CAD. Brakes are new so it's probably not them. It was the wife's daily driver so who knows how long it's been doing this. Do these XJs have factory auto-locking hubs or does the front drivetrain just not have any disconnect?