I've had the clunks on shifting many people had written about. After reading the numberous threads, which suggested adding grease to the drive shafts, I asked the dealer to lube the drive shaft a couple of days ago at my oil change (sorry, I had the dealer do the oil change because I thought $19.95 was a good deal for oil change, especially at a dealer). Well, of course they assigned it to what appeared to be a beginner technician for the job (as they usually do on simple oil and lube jobs).
Not only that my drive shaft clunks did not go away, now I've developed a clunk about a second or so after starting from a complete stop. This is similar to alia176 had described in post #26 of this thread (https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/21559-driveline-thump-cunk-when-stopping-starting-2.html). My question is, is this caused by them adding too much grease to the drive shaft? After reading all the threads about too much grease in the drive shafts causing damage, I'm getting a bit sleepless.
By the way, when looking under the vehicle, I suspect that the dealer also forgot to put back one of the factory protective plastic covers (similar to a skid plate, but I know better to call them skid plates since they're just plastic), but I just can't say for sure. Does anyone out there still have these plastic factory protective shield on the bottom of their TLC 100s (especially if it's a '99) that they don't mind posting or sending me a picture of what a full set is supposed to look like?
Thanks!
Not only that my drive shaft clunks did not go away, now I've developed a clunk about a second or so after starting from a complete stop. This is similar to alia176 had described in post #26 of this thread (https://forum.ih8mud.com/80-series-tech/21559-driveline-thump-cunk-when-stopping-starting-2.html). My question is, is this caused by them adding too much grease to the drive shaft? After reading all the threads about too much grease in the drive shafts causing damage, I'm getting a bit sleepless.
By the way, when looking under the vehicle, I suspect that the dealer also forgot to put back one of the factory protective plastic covers (similar to a skid plate, but I know better to call them skid plates since they're just plastic), but I just can't say for sure. Does anyone out there still have these plastic factory protective shield on the bottom of their TLC 100s (especially if it's a '99) that they don't mind posting or sending me a picture of what a full set is supposed to look like?
Thanks!