noise on deceleration

[daves97sport]

'97 5speed with 130000mi. Changed clutch, etc at 100000 with centerforce dual friction, and cleaned out and replaced fluid with Mobil 1.
Just started getting this noise under deceleration or coasting. It sorta clicks/jerks every second or so--not consistant, worse at lower gears. I trired downshifting from 4th to 3rd slowing down and when I left the clutch out, it just made grinding sound like it wasnt going in gear. I can downshift and accelerate OK and shift up all the time. Now today, another new noise that threw me. I pulled in to park, left it idle in neu and got back, reversed, pulled out and up to stop sign. went to pull out and sounded like a bad Ujoint. continued a couple of blocks easy till I could pull off in a lot to crawl under. Felt all the shafts and were good. Backed out, pulled out, and that noise was now gone...???!!!
I know the output shaft of the xfer case has excessive play, but don't think that would cause this?

 

[Doug]

It's more than likely your t-case, Sounds like the samething mine did before I replaced it.

 

[daves97sport]

changed noise

Today it changed to a sound of gears unmeshing almost as soon as I leave off on the gas. As I re-apply throttle, it is OK. It is in all gears. I first thought it was transmission problems, but xfer case seems to make sense. What would be causing this. Is this an inherent problem with Explorers? I use this for towing occasionally and don't want this to be a problem again...

 

[bitchinexplorer]

i know what your talking about, i just took off my 4wd caps and cleaned them out good and regreased em, it stopped for me but that might not be your problem.

 

[TPLYNCH]

*****in, Dave doesn't have the auto hubs that I think your are referring to.

Dave, it sounds like the shift? fork in the T/F case is shot. Not an uncommon problem. MrBoyle was keeping a thread about this issue for quite a while I believe.

 

[daves97sport]

Thanks to all! Spent some time looking thru past posts. AAHHHHHHH another forum I'm hooked to!!! Even less time to get stuff done now!!!

Day 6 of problem. I've been trying to figure out in my head mechanically what is going on and wonderred why it worked in reverse. Don't have an isometric drawing of the inners in my Haynes book. Well, today tried to back out of a parking space, and ... surprise! grrrrRRRRRRRRRRrrrrrrrrrr. Orderred a used xfer case and hope this one lasts another week...