So besides the servo finally calling it quits last week, I've run into something that has me stumped. I experienced today, something new:
A noise that seems to be coming from the motor or front differential area but not 100% sure. The noise is like you might hear when a tire is rotating and contacting a fender or maybe as if a small stick was stuck and contacting a drive-shaft... but it's neither of those.
Vehicle had only been running for a couple hundred feet in very mild conditions... no mud, no water, nothing causing undue stress to drive-line components nor motor. Lockers had been engaged prior to this noise but were not engaged at the time that the noise started.
Prior to the noise, I noticed while driving, that during full lock left and right... that the front wheels seemed to be "hopping"... something that has not happened before. Also... the last time that I ran the vehicle a few days ago, it wasn't having any apparent issues.
Possibly worth noting... Just last night, I had pulled the front passenger side axle shaft out because of some dried grass that had recently worked it's way into the axle housing. I wanted to clean it out so I removed the shaft, cleaned out the tube, and reinstalled everything. I also recently re-torqued my bead-lock screws although tires look to be seated just fine as they were already.
So... she's hopping a little in the front end while turning left and right. And there is some kind of seeming rotational noise coming from the front end of the vehicle. The noise subsided but still exists as does the hop. I'm not seeing how the two might be connected but I wanted to mention it since both issues occurred around the same time.
So before I try to troubleshoot... does this sound like a familiar problem? Anything specifically to look for besides looking for damage to gear-teeth and making sure that front locker is engaging properly?
A noise that seems to be coming from the motor or front differential area but not 100% sure. The noise is like you might hear when a tire is rotating and contacting a fender or maybe as if a small stick was stuck and contacting a drive-shaft... but it's neither of those.
Vehicle had only been running for a couple hundred feet in very mild conditions... no mud, no water, nothing causing undue stress to drive-line components nor motor. Lockers had been engaged prior to this noise but were not engaged at the time that the noise started.
Prior to the noise, I noticed while driving, that during full lock left and right... that the front wheels seemed to be "hopping"... something that has not happened before. Also... the last time that I ran the vehicle a few days ago, it wasn't having any apparent issues.
Possibly worth noting... Just last night, I had pulled the front passenger side axle shaft out because of some dried grass that had recently worked it's way into the axle housing. I wanted to clean it out so I removed the shaft, cleaned out the tube, and reinstalled everything. I also recently re-torqued my bead-lock screws although tires look to be seated just fine as they were already.
So... she's hopping a little in the front end while turning left and right. And there is some kind of seeming rotational noise coming from the front end of the vehicle. The noise subsided but still exists as does the hop. I'm not seeing how the two might be connected but I wanted to mention it since both issues occurred around the same time.
So before I try to troubleshoot... does this sound like a familiar problem? Anything specifically to look for besides looking for damage to gear-teeth and making sure that front locker is engaging properly?