99 Cherokee Sport LMD 75K Miles

My jeep has developed a VERY annouying condition...a loud, chirping
and sqeaqing from the rear (suspension?). It is worse during right
hand curves and turns, not so bad going straight. Sometimes even quiet
going straight.

I have 4 inch rear shackels, but they are well oiled and greased. I
oiled both ends of the leaf springs, no help. Shocks are original, but
don't appear to be rubbing anywhere.

The noise is coming equally from both sides, towards the rear. I
really thought the shackels were to blame, but I oiled and greased
every aspect of them to no avail.

Noise is getting loud enough to make it difficult to carry on a
conversation when curving or turning to the right.

Has anyone had this before and figured it out?

THANKS!

 

If you have a slip yoke on the driveshaft, I would be greasing that.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Football God wrote:
>
> 99 Cherokee Sport LMD 75K Miles
>
> My jeep has developed a VERY annouying condition...a loud, chirping
> and sqeaqing from the rear (suspension?). It is worse during right
> hand curves and turns, not so bad going straight. Sometimes even quiet
> going straight.
>
> I have 4 inch rear shackels, but they are well oiled and greased. I
> oiled both ends of the leaf springs, no help. Shocks are original, but
> don't appear to be rubbing anywhere.
>
> The noise is coming equally from both sides, towards the rear. I
> really thought the shackels were to blame, but I oiled and greased
> every aspect of them to no avail.
>
> Noise is getting loud enough to make it difficult to carry on a
> conversation when curving or turning to the right.
>
> Has anyone had this before and figured it out?
>
> THANKS!

 

If you have a slip yoke on the driveshaft, I would be greasing that.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Football God wrote:
>
> 99 Cherokee Sport LMD 75K Miles
>
> My jeep has developed a VERY annouying condition...a loud, chirping
> and sqeaqing from the rear (suspension?). It is worse during right
> hand curves and turns, not so bad going straight. Sometimes even quiet
> going straight.
>
> I have 4 inch rear shackels, but they are well oiled and greased. I
> oiled both ends of the leaf springs, no help. Shocks are original, but
> don't appear to be rubbing anywhere.
>
> The noise is coming equally from both sides, towards the rear. I
> really thought the shackels were to blame, but I oiled and greased
> every aspect of them to no avail.
>
> Noise is getting loud enough to make it difficult to carry on a
> conversation when curving or turning to the right.
>
> Has anyone had this before and figured it out?
>
> THANKS!

 

If you have a slip yoke on the driveshaft, I would be greasing that.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

Football God wrote:
>
> 99 Cherokee Sport LMD 75K Miles
>
> My jeep has developed a VERY annouying condition...a loud, chirping
> and sqeaqing from the rear (suspension?). It is worse during right
> hand curves and turns, not so bad going straight. Sometimes even quiet
> going straight.
>
> I have 4 inch rear shackels, but they are well oiled and greased. I
> oiled both ends of the leaf springs, no help. Shocks are original, but
> don't appear to be rubbing anywhere.
>
> The noise is coming equally from both sides, towards the rear. I
> really thought the shackels were to blame, but I oiled and greased
> every aspect of them to no avail.
>
> Noise is getting loud enough to make it difficult to carry on a
> conversation when curving or turning to the right.
>
> Has anyone had this before and figured it out?
>
> THANKS!

 

You might also look for any rocks lodged somewhere back there. I had that
happen....


"Football God" <footballgod214@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:9dbaa85d.0408270556.1923a02b@posting.google.c om...
> 99 Cherokee Sport LMD 75K Miles
>
> My jeep has developed a VERY annouying condition...a loud, chirping
> and sqeaqing from the rear (suspension?). It is worse during right
> hand curves and turns, not so bad going straight. Sometimes even quiet
> going straight.
>
> I have 4 inch rear shackels, but they are well oiled and greased. I
> oiled both ends of the leaf springs, no help. Shocks are original, but
> don't appear to be rubbing anywhere.
>
> The noise is coming equally from both sides, towards the rear. I
> really thought the shackels were to blame, but I oiled and greased
> every aspect of them to no avail.
>
> Noise is getting loud enough to make it difficult to carry on a
> conversation when curving or turning to the right.
>
> Has anyone had this before and figured it out?
>
> THANKS!

 

You might also look for any rocks lodged somewhere back there. I had that
happen....


"Football God" <footballgod214@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:9dbaa85d.0408270556.1923a02b@posting.google.c om...
> 99 Cherokee Sport LMD 75K Miles
>
> My jeep has developed a VERY annouying condition...a loud, chirping
> and sqeaqing from the rear (suspension?). It is worse during right
> hand curves and turns, not so bad going straight. Sometimes even quiet
> going straight.
>
> I have 4 inch rear shackels, but they are well oiled and greased. I
> oiled both ends of the leaf springs, no help. Shocks are original, but
> don't appear to be rubbing anywhere.
>
> The noise is coming equally from both sides, towards the rear. I
> really thought the shackels were to blame, but I oiled and greased
> every aspect of them to no avail.
>
> Noise is getting loud enough to make it difficult to carry on a
> conversation when curving or turning to the right.
>
> Has anyone had this before and figured it out?
>
> THANKS!

 

You might also look for any rocks lodged somewhere back there. I had that
happen....


"Football God" <footballgod214@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:9dbaa85d.0408270556.1923a02b@posting.google.c om...
> 99 Cherokee Sport LMD 75K Miles
>
> My jeep has developed a VERY annouying condition...a loud, chirping
> and sqeaqing from the rear (suspension?). It is worse during right
> hand curves and turns, not so bad going straight. Sometimes even quiet
> going straight.
>
> I have 4 inch rear shackels, but they are well oiled and greased. I
> oiled both ends of the leaf springs, no help. Shocks are original, but
> don't appear to be rubbing anywhere.
>
> The noise is coming equally from both sides, towards the rear. I
> really thought the shackels were to blame, but I oiled and greased
> every aspect of them to no avail.
>
> Noise is getting loud enough to make it difficult to carry on a
> conversation when curving or turning to the right.
>
> Has anyone had this before and figured it out?
>
> THANKS!

 

On my '95 ZJ I found that the speaker wire had worn through for the
right rear door. The odd part was that it happened a good foot into
the pillar rather than near the grommet/boot, still haven't figured
out what caused it. I would check my speaker wires and see if they
are gounded out.

Oh, and not that I want to start an argument with previous posters or
get off topic, but I have an Alpine Head Unit and it is the only brand
I have seen stand up to the abuse I put it through. My brother went
through 4 sonys in 2 years, I went through a sony (1 year) and a
kenwood(3 years), now I've had my alpine for 3+ years. I have to admit
it does have an overheating problem on 100deg+ days, but the ZJ dash
doesn't allow for any airflow, so thats the most likely cause.

-Don


Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<412F3ECC.6B785052@sympatico.ca>...
> If you have a slip yoke on the driveshaft, I would be greasing that.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Football God wrote:
> >
> > 99 Cherokee Sport LMD 75K Miles
> >
> > My jeep has developed a VERY annouying condition...a loud, chirping
> > and sqeaqing from the rear (suspension?). It is worse during right
> > hand curves and turns, not so bad going straight. Sometimes even quiet
> > going straight.
> >
> > I have 4 inch rear shackels, but they are well oiled and greased. I
> > oiled both ends of the leaf springs, no help. Shocks are original, but
> > don't appear to be rubbing anywhere.
> >
> > The noise is coming equally from both sides, towards the rear. I
> > really thought the shackels were to blame, but I oiled and greased
> > every aspect of them to no avail.
> >
> > Noise is getting loud enough to make it difficult to carry on a
> > conversation when curving or turning to the right.
> >
> > Has anyone had this before and figured it out?
> >
> > THANKS!

 

On my '95 ZJ I found that the speaker wire had worn through for the
right rear door. The odd part was that it happened a good foot into
the pillar rather than near the grommet/boot, still haven't figured
out what caused it. I would check my speaker wires and see if they
are gounded out.

Oh, and not that I want to start an argument with previous posters or
get off topic, but I have an Alpine Head Unit and it is the only brand
I have seen stand up to the abuse I put it through. My brother went
through 4 sonys in 2 years, I went through a sony (1 year) and a
kenwood(3 years), now I've had my alpine for 3+ years. I have to admit
it does have an overheating problem on 100deg+ days, but the ZJ dash
doesn't allow for any airflow, so thats the most likely cause.

-Don


Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<412F3ECC.6B785052@sympatico.ca>...
> If you have a slip yoke on the driveshaft, I would be greasing that.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Football God wrote:
> >
> > 99 Cherokee Sport LMD 75K Miles
> >
> > My jeep has developed a VERY annouying condition...a loud, chirping
> > and sqeaqing from the rear (suspension?). It is worse during right
> > hand curves and turns, not so bad going straight. Sometimes even quiet
> > going straight.
> >
> > I have 4 inch rear shackels, but they are well oiled and greased. I
> > oiled both ends of the leaf springs, no help. Shocks are original, but
> > don't appear to be rubbing anywhere.
> >
> > The noise is coming equally from both sides, towards the rear. I
> > really thought the shackels were to blame, but I oiled and greased
> > every aspect of them to no avail.
> >
> > Noise is getting loud enough to make it difficult to carry on a
> > conversation when curving or turning to the right.
> >
> > Has anyone had this before and figured it out?
> >
> > THANKS!

 

On my '95 ZJ I found that the speaker wire had worn through for the
right rear door. The odd part was that it happened a good foot into
the pillar rather than near the grommet/boot, still haven't figured
out what caused it. I would check my speaker wires and see if they
are gounded out.

Oh, and not that I want to start an argument with previous posters or
get off topic, but I have an Alpine Head Unit and it is the only brand
I have seen stand up to the abuse I put it through. My brother went
through 4 sonys in 2 years, I went through a sony (1 year) and a
kenwood(3 years), now I've had my alpine for 3+ years. I have to admit
it does have an overheating problem on 100deg+ days, but the ZJ dash
doesn't allow for any airflow, so thats the most likely cause.

-Don


Mike Romain <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message news:<412F3ECC.6B785052@sympatico.ca>...
> If you have a slip yoke on the driveshaft, I would be greasing that.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's
>
> Football God wrote:
> >
> > 99 Cherokee Sport LMD 75K Miles
> >
> > My jeep has developed a VERY annouying condition...a loud, chirping
> > and sqeaqing from the rear (suspension?). It is worse during right
> > hand curves and turns, not so bad going straight. Sometimes even quiet
> > going straight.
> >
> > I have 4 inch rear shackels, but they are well oiled and greased. I
> > oiled both ends of the leaf springs, no help. Shocks are original, but
> > don't appear to be rubbing anywhere.
> >
> > The noise is coming equally from both sides, towards the rear. I
> > really thought the shackels were to blame, but I oiled and greased
> > every aspect of them to no avail.
> >
> > Noise is getting loud enough to make it difficult to carry on a
> > conversation when curving or turning to the right.
> >
> > Has anyone had this before and figured it out?
> >
> > THANKS!