This is driving me crazy!
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JK Enthusiast
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From: Long Island, NY
I'm not sure about it but I could feel a knock inside that joint when I went under the car and my wife was turning the steering wheel left and right. Ask someone to steer while you check.
Also I feel the knock only when I turn the steering wheel counterclockwise (left) after I turned it clockwise (right). If it was the joint in the shaft I think I would feel the knock either turning left or right, that is a splined joint and when a splined joint develops some play left or right should be the same.
Also I feel the knock only when I turn the steering wheel counterclockwise (left) after I turned it clockwise (right). If it was the joint in the shaft I think I would feel the knock either turning left or right, that is a splined joint and when a splined joint develops some play left or right should be the same.
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From: Corridonia, MC
Since I don't feel any knock in cold days and before the JK warms up I wonder if shielding the shaft from heat or installing a steering fluid cooler could work
Last edited by BlackDiamond; Jun 2, 2010 at 08:21 AM.
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Today I decided to check my intermediate shaft and collar again: I grabbed the upper intermediate shaft and tried to move it. It looked solid.
Then I did the same with the lower intermediate shaft (between the boot and the steering box) and I found some play in the joint between the shaft and the steering box !!!
I still don't know if it's due to the bolt that is loose (I don't have a wrench to get there) or to the C joint.
But I could feel the play and hear the knock each time I moved the shaft.
Then I did the same with the lower intermediate shaft (between the boot and the steering box) and I found some play in the joint between the shaft and the steering box !!!
I still don't know if it's due to the bolt that is loose (I don't have a wrench to get there) or to the C joint.
But I could feel the play and hear the knock each time I moved the shaft.
JK Junkie
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From: maryland
i have the same cluck/noise i think i have a bad drag bar end link... im going to replace that and see what happens.. also have the clunk in the steering shaft.. im hoping some greese will fix that..
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Last edited by BlackDiamond; Jul 18, 2010 at 08:30 AM.
JK Jedi Master
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From: Hammond Louisiana
Hmm, is that a set screw? Does it have an allen head? My 07' is different. It has a pinch bolt that squeezes the end together.
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JK Freak
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From: Boston, MA
clapping noise
I get that clapping noise when I let up the clutch too. It's more obvious in 4Lo but it's been that way for a few years (I think since I got the jeep) and I've driven it 71,000 miles so far with no issue other than the annoying noise.
Does everyone else with a manual get this noise?
Does everyone else with a manual get this noise?