Noise developed in 4wheel drive. Clunk like sound. Cut 4 wheel drive and continued home. Pulled shaft and u-joints look ok. Left off and no noise. Have driven 40+ miles since. I also pulled rear shaft and found one joint with dry cap and destroyed bearing, put 2 new joints in and no noise. Front still disconnected. Live by Syracuse NY. Still have snow. Have new car and can move. I don't know if jacked up would show any info. Please give me best guess. Tks Vic
Turn a tight right hand circle and listen for noise then turn a tight left hand circle and listen for noise. This checks the CV joints in the axles. Ujoints are cheap you might as well replace them while the shaft is off.
Testimonial: "Done that to get 4 wheel to engage. Sometimes first try,others4 or more. No noise now that front shaft removed."
Brad. Are cv joints interior of exterior? Estimated cost of joint and do the joints bolt or press on? Thanks Vic
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SOURCE: severe bearing noise from front wheel bearing/cv
you have to replace bearing and hub as a unit.you have to remove remove brakes and caliper rotor set them aside dont disconnect brake line. get a piece of clothes rack wire to hold brake caliper .do not let it hang by brake hose. you got to remove hub nut. best way to do that is loosen it a litttle while tire still on weight of car keep wheel from turning .
SOURCE: 1998 GMC JIMMY 4 WHEEL DRIVE, NOISE COMING FROM FRONT WHEEL AREA
it is the u joints on the front drive shaft ,i had the same problem and like too never found it!!!
SOURCE: 98 gmc sonoma w 2 pc drive shaft 2wd noise from
remove the rear shaft from a 1990 full size gmc van (g-van) make sure the one you select has the scew on sleeve at the front of the rear section of the shaft
this will be the right lenght
take the rear yolk off your old shaft cut of the ball socket now get the same u-joint your truck calls for and mount the rear yolk (the section of the shaft that bolts to your rear end) to the new shaft
this works ive done it
you eliminate 2 of the 4 u-joints and lighten up your shaft this releives strain on you tranny and rear end when these u-joints and ball bearings fail they cause the vibrations which ruin the rest of your drive train also you gain 10hp
i spent 300 bucks rebuilding the OEM shaft and got no where so for 25 bucks i did this
SOURCE: whining/grinding noise at deceleration
We have the same problem at our shop. We haven't rebuilt the front differential yet. We tried 3 different shafts on 2 different Jeeps and the noise is on both just the same. By greasing the front driveshaft cv joint, we got he noise to quiet some, but it is still way to loud. With the driveshaft out, the noise is gone. We are about to buy a new shaft from the dealer for $600. There are some service bulletins about some noisy driveshafts.
SOURCE: steering creeks when turning left or right. front wheel noise.
My advise is when u get a humming noise when banking left or right. Its beter to change both left and right wheel bearing and ball joints. Cause if u think about it those parts are put on at the same time . So if u think about it they have the same where in Terre . left or right hope this helps you.
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