After searching around using various search terms I am still more or less at a loss at isolating the problem.
I have a few louder than usual noises coming from what I believe to be the back half of the cruiser between the T case and Rear axle. All of them concern me but the one that worries me the most is when I am driving along at posted speed and need to apply gas to maintain that speed. If I add gas too fast I get a momentary pause, then a slam feeling and noise under me, followed by acceleration under applied power. Once I ease up on the gas, I also get a feeling that the driveline releases or unwinds a little.
It feels like there is slack or play in the gears somewhere. The good news is that I am going into the Transmission and Tcase for some work to fix anoying leaks soon so I will have time to look at those components along with the drive shaft, U joints. etc. for excessive play.
I am leaning towards pinion issues. Is this classic pinion bad behavior or should I look elsewhere?
The bad news is that I am moving soon and need to drive this rig 700+ mi to its new home. So I need to prepare quickly to ID and confirm this problem, get parts and fix it when I have the Trans and Tcase out.
Thanks in advance.
I have a few louder than usual noises coming from what I believe to be the back half of the cruiser between the T case and Rear axle. All of them concern me but the one that worries me the most is when I am driving along at posted speed and need to apply gas to maintain that speed. If I add gas too fast I get a momentary pause, then a slam feeling and noise under me, followed by acceleration under applied power. Once I ease up on the gas, I also get a feeling that the driveline releases or unwinds a little.
It feels like there is slack or play in the gears somewhere. The good news is that I am going into the Transmission and Tcase for some work to fix anoying leaks soon so I will have time to look at those components along with the drive shaft, U joints. etc. for excessive play.
I am leaning towards pinion issues. Is this classic pinion bad behavior or should I look elsewhere?
The bad news is that I am moving soon and need to drive this rig 700+ mi to its new home. So I need to prepare quickly to ID and confirm this problem, get parts and fix it when I have the Trans and Tcase out.
Thanks in advance.