gijoecam
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OK, it's a Ranger question, technically, but you guys should be able to help out... On my '93 Ranger, occasionally when cornering, I get what sounds like two gears trying to mesh together (kind of like a buzzing of a non-synchronized manual trans) followed by a really loud, jarring "CLUNK!" from someplace in the drivetrain.
This occurs seemingly at random intervals, and seems to be related to the 4wd. If I lock the hubs (they're still the junk OE auto-hubs) all is well until I reverse once, and then, sometimes everything is fine, other times, the noise occurs. Driving straight ahead, everything is OK... it only happens when cornering, at about 1/2 turn of the steering wheel, I can start to hear the buzzing, and if I slow down a bit or sharpen the turn, the clunk happens. it sounds/feels like maybe the transfer case engaging for a second without synchronizing the input shaft. (?!!?) I'm stumped. It almost sounds like the same kind of clunk as when the driveline is bound up and forced out of 4 hi or something, but that's not it... I onder if the shifter motor on the trans might not quite be fully disengaging? (Hence the speed differential of front and rear driveshafts when cornering) or maybe one of the hubs is not unlocking and spinning the front driveshaft through the diff? I thought I had finally managed to get the hubs to unlock... drove all the way to school and parked, no problem. Drove it home (without even thinking about the 4wd) and it did it again, pulling into my parking space. ?!?!
Regardless of what it is, it's loud, and I seriously think I'm gonna break something if it doesn't heal itself... in fact, it seems like it's getting worse... Sorry for the ramblings-on.....
-Joe-
This occurs seemingly at random intervals, and seems to be related to the 4wd. If I lock the hubs (they're still the junk OE auto-hubs) all is well until I reverse once, and then, sometimes everything is fine, other times, the noise occurs. Driving straight ahead, everything is OK... it only happens when cornering, at about 1/2 turn of the steering wheel, I can start to hear the buzzing, and if I slow down a bit or sharpen the turn, the clunk happens. it sounds/feels like maybe the transfer case engaging for a second without synchronizing the input shaft. (?!!?) I'm stumped. It almost sounds like the same kind of clunk as when the driveline is bound up and forced out of 4 hi or something, but that's not it... I onder if the shifter motor on the trans might not quite be fully disengaging? (Hence the speed differential of front and rear driveshafts when cornering) or maybe one of the hubs is not unlocking and spinning the front driveshaft through the diff? I thought I had finally managed to get the hubs to unlock... drove all the way to school and parked, no problem. Drove it home (without even thinking about the 4wd) and it did it again, pulling into my parking space. ?!?!
Regardless of what it is, it's loud, and I seriously think I'm gonna break something if it doesn't heal itself... in fact, it seems like it's getting worse... Sorry for the ramblings-on.....
-Joe-
