mobilecherokee4

so i was on my way back to troy from mobile alabama today and all the sudden i heard an awful noise coming from the underside of my jeep.....so it gets worse and worse so i pull over and my transfer case is puking its guts up!! stuff is coming out of it and when drive it makes a noise that sounds like something is totally torn up inside it or my transmission, my front drive shaft also has alot of play in it at the u-joint closest to the t-case....can anybody tell me what might be wrong....i havent got a chance to take the front drive shaft out to see if thats it....any help would be great....thanks

Cherokee 4.0

no idea but i have a transmission for sale

By the way mine did the same thing a couple months back , it sounds like a realyl bad clunky side inside of the t-case? I think it was something in the tranny side of the transfer case...

98 JeepJeep

sounds like a bearing went bad in the T-case or the chain is busted.........either way if the you can wobble the front D/S at the T-case you have a issue...i would pull the cover off the t-case in vehicle...

Long Island XJ

Myabe the chain is stretched out. Or some teeth are blow off some of the gears.

mobilecherokee4

yeah thats what it sounds like, and how much did it take to fix? how bout a chain?

mobilecherokee4

and yes it has lots of play in it, how much does that take to fix? and how do i pull the cover off in the vehicle?

Cherokee 4.0

i didnt fix it, i started my new build. New chain, maybe??? Not sure, i didnt fixed it, i abandoned the jeep, came back another day and let it sit. Mine had bad pinion angle in the front, which is why i suspect caused the t-case noise over time

mobilecherokee4

well it just came up on me today....i need to change out my axle shaft u-joints and get new bushings up front and i get bad death wobble every now and then but im not sure if that would aid in makng this happen, i left it at a transmission place and will get them to look at it in the next couple days so maybe it wont be too bad.....i have no money im in college!

98 JeepJeep

if the transfer case is FUBAR you can find them for 50-100 bucks used.....id swap it...make sure they give you a quote first.

mobilecherokee4

where at like a JY? we have a few up here but how would i know they were any good? or could i get one somewhere else? and how easy are they to swap out?

98 JeepJeep

they arnt that bad to swap out...you wont know if one at the JY is any good till you remove it and open it up. Look for one that is wrecked or has been burnt. be sure you know which T-case you have before you get pull happy.

mobilecherokee4

ive got a NP 231

firstxj

You might be in luck...there is a yard there in Troy called The Truck Farm. My XJ came out of a small town about 30 mins outside of Troy called Elba and the guy I bought it from put a new tcase in it that came form the truck farm. I personally have no expereice with the place but the PO, mom's b/f's son, speaks highly about the place. Ask some locals there around Troy or check the phonebook and give them a shout to see how much a tcase would run ya. I hear they are decently priced and highly knowledgable. I am on the the other side of Montgomery from ya so if you need some help just holler. I got some friends in Troy and am always up for a road trip. Good luck with it.

4.3L XJ

If you are looking for a transfer case, I have a 231 I took out of mine. I have input gears for both spline counts. It is a freebee. Where are you located?

These are not hard to change out.

mobilecherokee4

dude cool man yeah ill let you know how everything goes and thansks for the tip on the "truck farm" ill have to look into that and i might be giving ya a shout if i need help puttin it in cause i havent done one of these before