So, my son was driving the '92 and it was making noise that would slow when the jeep slowed and speed up when the going fast. He ignored it. The drive shaft dropped in the rear and after a few revolutions hitting the muffler at least twice the shaft came off of the slip joint and destroyed the slip joint housing in the process and bent the output shaft of the transfer case.
What to do...what to do. I decided that I would upgrade with a slip joint eliminator and cv shaft. And the further I get into this the further I've had to go. I'm not an experienced mechanic by any stretch. It is the first time that I've had a transfer case open. Not only is it open now it is also fully disassembled. Once the case was opened, the insides were fully coated with black greasy grimy buildup. The fluid that I drained was brownish colored. I am suspecting that road contaminant had made it to the inside of the case somehow. I just spent the last two days scrubbing down all of the pieces parts. All of the parts inside appear to be original. The input and output bearings have enough play in them that I ordered a complete rebuild kit containing all of the bearings for replacement. I also ordered a rear differential yoke because it was the one that failed and a front output yoke because of a previous experience with that part that made me want to replace it. All universals will be new after the rebuild. New ones came with the drive shaft and rear yoke. I got one more so that I could replace both front universal joints.
So, I figure that this is enough for the first post. I have to get the pictures out of the camera and post some of that up here.
What to do...what to do. I decided that I would upgrade with a slip joint eliminator and cv shaft. And the further I get into this the further I've had to go. I'm not an experienced mechanic by any stretch. It is the first time that I've had a transfer case open. Not only is it open now it is also fully disassembled. Once the case was opened, the insides were fully coated with black greasy grimy buildup. The fluid that I drained was brownish colored. I am suspecting that road contaminant had made it to the inside of the case somehow. I just spent the last two days scrubbing down all of the pieces parts. All of the parts inside appear to be original. The input and output bearings have enough play in them that I ordered a complete rebuild kit containing all of the bearings for replacement. I also ordered a rear differential yoke because it was the one that failed and a front output yoke because of a previous experience with that part that made me want to replace it. All universals will be new after the rebuild. New ones came with the drive shaft and rear yoke. I got one more so that I could replace both front universal joints.
So, I figure that this is enough for the first post. I have to get the pictures out of the camera and post some of that up here.