anybody got an idea ?

[TerraBomb]

there's this lady at my work who bought an 1994 EB Xplorer, she said when it goes down the road it makes an racket, i drove it and it seems to me the transfercase is activating itself, since when you pull over put it in park push the 4 wheel button a couple of times and then start driving it , it seems to dissaperd, but only temporarly....untill it starts again.

anyone has an idea where the problem might be ?

 

[Jason_25]

Sounds like a case of blown autohubs. Are the hubs manual or auto?

 

[rustytr]

Originally posted by Jason_25
Sounds like a case of blown autohubs. Are the hubs manual or auto?

That was my guess as well.

 

[mattadams]

well dang! I was reading it and I was gonna say "sound like some blown hubs" then everyone else had said the same thing

 

[TerraBomb]

sorry for the late reply...

but they are as far as i know still the original hubs, so they should be the auto hubs....i think she said an younger guy drove it before she bought it....

 

[TerraBomb]

uhm , what kinda price-tag would she be looking at to replace the hubs ...just she buys them then i'll put them in ....

 

[MeatWagon]

Do you think she will ever put it in 4x4 ? If not , then you can just remove the set of female splines in the covers . Thats what I've done while I wait for my Mile Markers to come in . I blew the right one while out wheeling . What happens is - there's a little "C" clip that holds the set of female spline in place and when that wears out it tends to slide over and want to engage . At first you'll hear like a zinging noise then a harsh slaming . The best and cheapest way to fix the problem is to convert to manual hubs . Good luck .

 

[TSTONE]

not sure if this is the problem you're describing but i had this exect problem with my 93 xlt and found this article very helpfull -todd

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