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Re: Jeep CJ-7 driveshaft and clutch?

On Wed, 31 Oct 2007 17:30:40 +0000, L.W. (Bill) ------ III wrote:

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WONDERFUL !!!

Glad to see you've finally come to your senses, Bill, and 'fessed up to
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strangers refer to me as William Dudley Pelley.

Goat Bless Armenia.

>
>
> On Oct 31, 11:10 am, Mike Romain <roma...@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>> I suppose it is possible to get the driveshaft tied and centered, but
>> wow, if it lets go at speed....
>>
>> He also will need new straps for the u-joint. They are cheap. A set
>> of straps and new bolts runs about $5.00.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Earle Horton wrote:
>> > "Tie [the rear driveshaft] up so it would spin freely without hurting
>> > anything else" .... LMAO!!!
>>
>> > It sounds as if he forgot to lock the front hubs, yep. But wait, no
>> > smashing against the floor pan when he lets out the clutch. I know
>> > it is unlikely, but it sounds as if the clutch, transmission or shift
>> > mechanism got damaged in the fracas too.
>>
>> > Cheers,
>>
>> > Earle
>>
>> > "Mike Romain" <roma...@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
>> >news:4728936f$0$31567$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshost ing.com...
>> >> First off your u-joint went bad and the vibrations caused the
>> > bolts to
>> >> blow out of the rear pinion. You now likely need a rear
>> > pinion, new
>> >> seals for that and at least a new u-joint. You also might
>> > need pinion
>> >> bearings depending on how long it was vibrating for.
>>
>> >> You 'cannot' drive it with the driveshaft still in place. It
>> > will not
>> >> work, the driveshaft will act like a propeller and take out
>> > things like
>> >> the exhaust, brake lines and gas lines, let along the holes it
>> > punches
>> >> in the floor pan.....
>>
>> >> You will need to unbolt the front of the driveshaft and put it
>> > inside.
>> >> Then you need to 'lock your front hubs' before putting it into
>> > 4 high
>> >> for the drive home....
>>
>> >> You also need to be very careful when pulling away at a corner
>> > so you
>> >> don't stress out the front u-joints too much.
>>
>> >> My CJ7 will run fine up to 60 or 65 mph on front wheel drive
>> > with no
>> >> issues. If yours vibrates at speed, Slow Down or you will
>> > blow a front
>> >> u-joint. Then go looking for the bad front one after you limp
>> > home.
>> >> (only if it vibrates)
>>
>> >> Mike
>> >> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88
>> >> Cherokee 235 BFG AT's - Gone to the rust pile...
>>
>> >> jelwell1...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> >>> So Here is my problem...
>> >>> I have a 1985 Jeep CJ-7 with the inline 6 4.2... About 2 weeks ago
>> >>> I developed a vibration when accelerating
>> > in 1st
>> >>> and
>> >>> 3rd around 2500-3000 RPM. I could not figure it out!! I
>> > thought i
>> >>> might have had an alignment problem or something to do with
>> > recently
>> >>> greased joints...Well today My driveshaft dropped from the
>> > rear-end
>> >>> side. The bolts in the connector snapped off. I am thinking
>> > either
>> >>> from the harmonic balancer or maybe one bolt broke and then
>> > the
>> >>> vibrations broke the other. Well I decided I would just pull
>> > the
>> >>> driveshaft, throw it into 4 wheel drive and limp it home
>> > like a FWD.
>> >>> Well first I could not get the driveshaft off...could not
>> > pull it
>> >>> from
>> >>> the transmission, and could not loosen the bolts. I decided
>> > to try
>> >>> and
>> >>> tie it up so it would spin freely without hurting anything
>> > else(yeah
>> >>> ghetto I know). But when I put it into 4WD I could shift
>> > through the
>> >>> gears without hitting the clutch, and the car would not
>> > move...??
>> >>> Am i missing something? I thought for sure this would work.
>> > I also
>> >>> know that my 4WD works. Did I burn out my clutch somehow
>> > too? Any
>> >>> ideas here...my poor baby is sitting on the highway...I'd
>> > rather tow
>> >>> it to my house than a mechanic!!
>> >>> Thanks for the help
>> >>> Jeremy

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at Booting the Colonel......

Re: Jeep CJ-7 driveshaft and clutch?

You can not hang the rear drive shaft in any fashion that will allow you to
leave it in place while driving home on the front end.. The rear shaft must
be removed. You must remove the bolts at the transfer case to remove the
drive shaft.

You selected Neutral with the transfer case, not 4WD. Because you selected
N, this means you were on your way to selecting 4LO, b ut you want 4HI.

There is no harmonic balancer anywhere near the rear driveshaft where it
connects to the differential. The connection to the diff is called a yoke,
and the universal joint is bolted to the yoke via straps or u-bolts. You
have lost the universal joint, and perhaps the straps (since straps are
stock fitment) You will need to replace at least the universal joint, and
you probably should replace the straps with u-bolts.

Given the damage you could have had, you might need to replace the yoke too.

<jelwell1982@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:1193800961.257613.57190@o38g2000hse.googlegro ups.com...
> So Here is my problem...
> I have a 1985 Jeep CJ-7 with the inline 6 4.2...
> About 2 weeks ago I developed a vibration when accelerating in 1st
> and
> 3rd around 2500-3000 RPM. I could not figure it out!! I thought i
> might have had an alignment problem or something to do with recently
> greased joints...Well today My driveshaft dropped from the rear-end
> side. The bolts in the connector snapped off. I am thinking either
> from the harmonic balancer or maybe one bolt broke and then the
> vibrations broke the other. Well I decided I would just pull the
> driveshaft, throw it into 4 wheel drive and limp it home like a FWD.
> Well first I could not get the driveshaft off...could not pull it
> from
> the transmission, and could not loosen the bolts. I decided to try
> and
> tie it up so it would spin freely without hurting anything else(yeah
> ghetto I know). But when I put it into 4WD I could shift through the
> gears without hitting the clutch, and the car would not move...??
> Am i missing something? I thought for sure this would work. I also
> know that my 4WD works. Did I burn out my clutch somehow too? Any
> ideas here...my poor baby is sitting on the highway...I'd rather tow
> it to my house than a mechanic!!
> Thanks for the help
> Jeremy
>

Re: Jeep CJ-7 driveshaft and clutch?

sooo yeah I am a friggin idiot...I forgot to lock the hubs!!
As soon as I can get a ride and a 8mm socket I'll be rollin...

How can I tell before getting everything back together if I need a new
rear pinion?
It vibrated for about 2 weeks before it blew.

Thanks for the responses,
-J-(an idiot...lock the hubs!!)

On Oct 30, 9:22 pm, jelwell1...@yahoo.com wrote:
> So Here is my problem...
> I have a 1985 Jeep CJ-7 with the inline 6 4.2...
> About 2 weeks ago I developed a vibration when accelerating in 1st
> and
> 3rd around 2500-3000 RPM. I could not figure it out!! I thought i
> might have had an alignment problem or something to do with recently
> greased joints...Well today My driveshaft dropped from the rear-end
> side. The bolts in the connector snapped off. I am thinking either
> from the harmonic balancer or maybe one bolt broke and then the
> vibrations broke the other. Well I decided I would just pull the
> driveshaft, throw it into 4 wheel drive and limp it home like a FWD.
> Well first I could not get the driveshaft off...could not pull it
> from
> the transmission, and could not loosen the bolts. I decided to try
> and
> tie it up so it would spin freely without hurting anything else(yeah
> ghetto I know). But when I put it into 4WD I could shift through the
> gears without hitting the clutch, and the car would not move...??
> Am i missing something? I thought for sure this would work. I also
> know that my 4WD works. Did I burn out my clutch somehow too? Any
> ideas here...my poor baby is sitting on the highway...I'd rather tow
> it to my house than a mechanic!!
> Thanks for the help
> Jeremy

Re: Jeep CJ-7 driveshaft and clutch?

Look in the cups where the u-joint sits for the end tabs. These tabs
need to hold the u-joint from moving side to side so if they are bent or
missing, you need a new yoke.

When you fit the new u-joint, if it fits snug between these tabs, you
are good to go.

They usually are bad after a blow out, not always, but....

They cannot be bent back straight, the yoke is cast. I have heard of
folks welding the caps in, but...

Mike

jelwell1982@yahoo.com wrote:
> sooo yeah I am a friggin idiot...I forgot to lock the hubs!!
> As soon as I can get a ride and a 8mm socket I'll be rollin...
>
> How can I tell before getting everything back together if I need a new
> rear pinion?
> It vibrated for about 2 weeks before it blew.
>
> Thanks for the responses,
> -J-(an idiot...lock the hubs!!)
>
> On Oct 30, 9:22 pm, jelwell1...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> So Here is my problem...
>> I have a 1985 Jeep CJ-7 with the inline 6 4.2...
>> About 2 weeks ago I developed a vibration when accelerating in 1st
>> and
>> 3rd around 2500-3000 RPM. I could not figure it out!! I thought i
>> might have had an alignment problem or something to do with recently
>> greased joints...Well today My driveshaft dropped from the rear-end
>> side. The bolts in the connector snapped off. I am thinking either
>> from the harmonic balancer or maybe one bolt broke and then the
>> vibrations broke the other. Well I decided I would just pull the
>> driveshaft, throw it into 4 wheel drive and limp it home like a FWD.
>> Well first I could not get the driveshaft off...could not pull it
>> from
>> the transmission, and could not loosen the bolts. I decided to try
>> and
>> tie it up so it would spin freely without hurting anything else(yeah
>> ghetto I know). But when I put it into 4WD I could shift through the
>> gears without hitting the clutch, and the car would not move...??
>> Am i missing something? I thought for sure this would work. I also
>> know that my 4WD works. Did I burn out my clutch somehow too? Any
>> ideas here...my poor baby is sitting on the highway...I'd rather tow
>> it to my house than a mechanic!!
>> Thanks for the help
>> Jeremy
>
>

Re: Jeep CJ-7 driveshaft and clutch?