i put my front d/s on last night and i heard a low humming, the faster i went the louder and faster the noise was, i took off my front d/s today and the noise was gone, before i took the shaft off though i was messing with it and i found that it had a little play in the joint pictured below, is that normal? is that where the noise is coming from? thanx, Jamie
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Ummmm, first thought would be why is your front drive shaft spinning on the street???????

full-time four-wheel drive???:rolleyes:

naw, the front shaft turns all the time whether in 4 wheel or not, i'm running 2 wheel drive though

what are you driving?


Hooder :flipoff2:

From the look of that driveshaft I would say YJ, TJ or XJ

his profile says XJ

just buy bigger tires then you will have a big humm and you wont even notice a little humm:D

so does anyone have a real comment on if there is suppose to be movement in that joint?

Slop in the slipjoint ain t no big deal, my junk is so fawkin loose you can hear it clunk when u go from coast to drive ( but then again that might be the ujoints too!!!!!), but if hte noise bothers ya, may I suggest TSL's or a loud ass pipe to drown it out???? I wouldnt worry bout it all that much though, seruoisly
HTH

aight thanx, i was just checking to see if this is normal since my rear d/s doesn't do this it made me think that might have been the noise

clairification on that , it is normal wear, all the rigs I have are 100k+ mile, Ideally, it should have very little slop, but i have had no problems w/ mine being "scary loose" (kinda reminds me of some girls I know:barf: ) good luck

When I upgraded to a larger front driveshaft on my YJ I inherited a hum from the front end. It took me a while to realize that my drive shaft is slowly rubbing away at my exhaust pipe... it's something I need to fix by bending the pipe slightly, but haven't had time. If you have recently upgraded your D-shaft or possibly even your exhaust that could be the problem.