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Offline fordguy79

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loud clicking noise when driving
« on: May 13, 2011, 09:56:03 PM »
so driving home from work 2 nights ago my samurai started making a clicking sound very loud  only in 3rd 4th and 5th gears when under power coasting no click i thought it was the rear end just took it all apart looks good no broken teeth like last time i had a noise similar to the noise i have now i hope it not the t-case
its a 87 samurai 1.6 16v 6.5 case stock axle gears 32"bfg mt's and lock rite in the rear trans rebuilt in the last year t-case 2 years ago
87sami 32" bfg mt 6.5:1 w/reverse S shifter  1.6 16v sold and missed

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Re: loud clicking noise when driving
« Reply #1 on: May 14, 2011, 01:45:01 AM »
Could be trans bearings or u joints
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Offline fordguy79

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Re: loud clicking noise when driving
« Reply #2 on: May 29, 2011, 10:34:27 PM »
lost 2 teeth off my 6.5 gear set
87sami 32" bfg mt 6.5:1 w/reverse S shifter  1.6 16v sold and missed

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Re: loud clicking noise when driving
« Reply #3 on: May 30, 2011, 05:18:21 PM »
Ouch.  How did the bearings look?  Do you remember which set of 6.5 gears you had?
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Offline fordguy79

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Re: loud clicking noise when driving
« Reply #4 on: May 30, 2011, 09:40:00 PM »
the 6.5 set is trail gear so the new set is free bearing look good no silver shimmer to the oil  not sure why to 2 teeth broke off
87sami 32" bfg mt 6.5:1 w/reverse S shifter  1.6 16v sold and missed

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Re: loud clicking noise when driving
« Reply #5 on: May 31, 2011, 01:02:42 PM »
At least they stand behind the warranty.  Did they break off completely or did just a chunk of the gear break off?
96 Geo Tracker, x-SJ-410,  x-White Rabbit, x-Project Trouble
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