Noise!

[Shiggins]

Hey guys. Sorry for flooding the forum with problems. Lol
The xj is making a vibration noise. Sounds like its coming from the front right tyre area. It doesn't make the noise when turning left. Only turning right and now it makes it when going strait. It's not an overly violent noise but annoying none the less. Has anyone had any problems like this?

[darksidecustoms]

Is it kinda like a clacking noise? If so might be uni on the drivers axle shaft.

[ApacheResistance]

^ to add to this.

A lot of times when you have a bad axle shaft U-Joint you will hear a clicking at low speeds when you have your windows down.

One way to tell if it's bad is by jacking up the side of the vehicle you think is bad, and remove the wheel. If it's really bad you should be able to actually feel the play. You can also turn the rotor, and watch the U-joint. if you can spin the rotor and the axle shaft doesn't begin to spin IMMEDIATELY (ie delay in between.) it's bad.

Also try this with the wheel fully turned. This puts more pressure on them and makes them more likely to show that they're bad.

If you don't want to remove the tire to check, crawl under there with a sharpie. Put a mark through the uni cap and onto the axle shaft (straight line.) Drive around some, and then go look at it. If those lines no longer match up - your uni is shot.

[Shiggins]

Possibly. It's like a rubbing noise. Like the tyre is hitting something and grinding.

[ApacheResistance]

Originally Posted by Shiggins

Possibly. It's like a rubbing noise. Like the tyre is hitting something and grinding.

That could also be possible. Have you changed out your tires/wheels or lifted the Jeep recently?

You could have rims without enough backspacing causing the rim to rub into the lower control arm when you fully turn the jeep.

[Shiggins]

Thanks for you advise guys. I am going to look into it tomorrow. I Just noticed that the sound speeds up with the car as it accelerates and it also doesn't make the sound when braking. no sound when turning left