googlegroups@gersic.com wrote:
> I'm rather hoping I don't have to remove the rear drive shaft every
> six months...
>

That shaft should be a one time lube, or unless you take it off again
for another reason. I was just wondering if you used wheel bearing
grease or general lube grease. General lube would make sense since it's
not a high friction area like a wheel bearing.

My XJ has experienced the same clunky movement on starts and stops
occasionally. I was thinking it might have something to do with the
block lift on the leafs since I've never used them before, but I may be
pulling my DS soon for a shaft lube.

tw

 

> but I may be
> pulling my DS soon for a shaft lube.


It was a fairly easy job. Mine was held in by 4 bolts at the rear
differential.

 

> but I may be
> pulling my DS soon for a shaft lube.


It was a fairly easy job. Mine was held in by 4 bolts at the rear
differential.

 

> but I may be
> pulling my DS soon for a shaft lube.


It was a fairly easy job. Mine was held in by 4 bolts at the rear
differential.

 

> but I may be
> pulling my DS soon for a shaft lube.


It was a fairly easy job. Mine was held in by 4 bolts at the rear
differential.

 

googlegroups@gersic.com wrote:

>>but I may be
>>pulling my DS soon for a shaft lube.
>
>
>
> It was a fairly easy job. Mine was held in by 4 bolts at the rear
> differential.
>

Yup, I just would not have considered lubing the shaft to be the fix to
this movement, but I'd be happy for this to be the fix. Thanks for the
report.

tw

 

googlegroups@gersic.com wrote:

>>but I may be
>>pulling my DS soon for a shaft lube.
>
>
>
> It was a fairly easy job. Mine was held in by 4 bolts at the rear
> differential.
>

Yup, I just would not have considered lubing the shaft to be the fix to
this movement, but I'd be happy for this to be the fix. Thanks for the
report.

tw

 

googlegroups@gersic.com wrote:

>>but I may be
>>pulling my DS soon for a shaft lube.
>
>
>
> It was a fairly easy job. Mine was held in by 4 bolts at the rear
> differential.
>

Yup, I just would not have considered lubing the shaft to be the fix to
this movement, but I'd be happy for this to be the fix. Thanks for the
report.

tw

 

googlegroups@gersic.com wrote:

>>but I may be
>>pulling my DS soon for a shaft lube.
>
>
>
> It was a fairly easy job. Mine was held in by 4 bolts at the rear
> differential.
>

Yup, I just would not have considered lubing the shaft to be the fix to
this movement, but I'd be happy for this to be the fix. Thanks for the
report.

tw

 

As a follow up to a follow up, I tried this procedure and my 'bump' in
the XJ drive train went away. Smooth starts and stops now. Cheap fix,
too. Thanks everyone.

tw


googlegroups@gersic.com wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just wanted to thank all of you for your help with my "bump stop"
> problem. I brought it back to the dealer (it was under a 30-day
> warranty), who told me that nothing was wrong, but decided to grease
> the rear driveshaft slip yoke splines myself. Fixed the problem.
>
> Thanks much,
> Tom
>
>
> On Jul 31, 6:29 am, AJ <So...@nomail.com> wrote:
>
>>I recently had the bump/stop problem fixed on an '04 JGC 4.0/Selectrac I
>>bought used and so far so good. The TSB summary I saw on the KJ website
>>applies to V8 models and talks about replacing the driveshaft but it
>>also contains a Note that on 4.0's the splines should be greased. The
>>service writer I talked to said it was very common, doesn't hurt
>>anything, and might come back eventually. They pulled the driveshaft and
>>greased it in about half an hour. Mine is still under the 3/36 warranty
>>so I don't know if the powertrain warranty covers it.
>>
>>Mine would only do it after a delay or on acceleration after very gentle
>>stops, most of the time it happened as the rear end settled right at the
>>end of a stop. One way to confirm it's the driveshaft is put it in
>>neutral before you stop and see if it goes away. The service writer told
>>me a similar problem is sometimes caused by a bad ball joint between the
>>upper control arm and the top of the differential.
>>
>>Also FWIW, there's a TSB on the '05 model that too much grease can
>>accumulate in the boot and cause a driveshaft imbalance condition,
>>something to remember if you ever fix it yourself.
>>
>>In article <1185762014.273108.163...@x35g2000prf.googlegroups .com>,
>>googlegro...@gersic.com says...
>>
>>
>>>Hi all,
>>
>>>I just bought an '04 JGC 4.0 to replace my '97 JGC 4.0. After I got
>>>home from the dealer, I started noticing that sometimes when I stop,
>>>as soon as I come to a full and complete stop, I get an extra little
>>>lurch / bump. It's somewhat similar to the "bump stop" described in
>>>TSB 030400, but I don't think that's it...partially because it's an
>>>'04, which isn't covered under that TSB, and partially because it
>>>happens immediately upon stopping, not a few seconds after, and it
>>>never happens when I'm accelerating.
>>
>>>Anybody have any idea what this could be? If it's powertrain-related,
>>>I have a 30-day, 3k mile warranty that will get it fixed, but it would
>>>help to have a good idea what the problem is when I go back to the
>>>dealer, so they don't just tell me it's not any of the powertrain
>>>components, and send me home...
>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Tom
>
>
>