Hey guys
I crawled under the ole YJ last night (in the 25 degree weather) and did a little testing. Looks like my front driveshaft u-joints are shot as well as the wheel/axle u-joints. The pinion bearings in there look loose and when I rotated the driveshaft and looked in the fill plug hole the ring and pinion are chewed up. The front driveshaft can rotate about a half turn before it engages the axle...no bueno. Here's my issue..I have been experiencing what feel like either I'm drop shifting it at high rpm's or my brakes seizing. I think its related to the driveshaft issue since it's always spinning because of my locker . But this morning for instance I was in 1st gear and it did the "seizing/drop shifting" thing and it literally locked up my tires and I was skidding rubber on the road...Seems kinda extreme. If the gears in the front diff were a little off from the rear and then suddenly they engaged and tried spinning would it cause that issue? Seems like it could be just wanted a little verification..:banghead:
I crawled under the ole YJ last night (in the 25 degree weather) and did a little testing. Looks like my front driveshaft u-joints are shot as well as the wheel/axle u-joints. The pinion bearings in there look loose and when I rotated the driveshaft and looked in the fill plug hole the ring and pinion are chewed up. The front driveshaft can rotate about a half turn before it engages the axle...no bueno. Here's my issue..I have been experiencing what feel like either I'm drop shifting it at high rpm's or my brakes seizing. I think its related to the driveshaft issue since it's always spinning because of my locker . But this morning for instance I was in 1st gear and it did the "seizing/drop shifting" thing and it literally locked up my tires and I was skidding rubber on the road...Seems kinda extreme. If the gears in the front diff were a little off from the rear and then suddenly they engaged and tried spinning would it cause that issue? Seems like it could be just wanted a little verification..:banghead: