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Vehicle & Technical => Jeep => Topic started by: minimog on February 19, 2007, 18:55:43

Title: new grand cherikee owner
Post by: minimog on February 19, 2007, 18:55:43

just got myself a 96 grand cherikee i have a few little problems
when you drive it it pulls to the pasingerside slightley i know its on a steering box and that can be adjusted its got a weep from the box  is there anything else it could be

Title: new grand cherikee owner
Post by: Dinkydave on February 19, 2007, 19:24:10

Could just be something simple like the balancing (sp)?

Title: new grand cherikee owner
Post by: isle of man on February 19, 2007, 19:58:34

are the rear springs ok.............also have you checked the drive shaft joints?






peter henry

Title: new grand cherikee owner
Post by: Mik on February 20, 2007, 19:36:05

Centre diff has probably seized up.

New transfer case I believe  :roll:

Mik

Title: new grand cherikee owner
Post by: minimog on February 20, 2007, 21:11:26

mik are you for real  :shock:
the springs are fine i think it going to be the stearing box wants the new seal and ajusting up pick it up next week so will get the tracking and wheels checked

Title: new grand cherikee owner
Post by: KD on February 20, 2007, 22:37:01

dont doubt mik's advice......he knows what hes talkin about... :wink:

Title: new grand cherikee owner
Post by: Mik on February 20, 2007, 23:01:46

Quote from: "zukibrit"

mik are you for real  :shock:

Fraid so !

Its quite common for the centre diff on the permanent FWD Grand to sieze causing transission wind-up. The camber in the road is enough to make it constantly pull to one side.

Hopefully your problem will be a lot simpler, tight unit bearing or a dragging caliper. It almost certainly isnt your steering box so dont get too giddy cause the leaks gone.

I dont know how fixable the centre diff is. The customers Ive known with this issue have moved the vehicle on  :wink:

Mik

Title: new grand cherikee owner
Post by: minimog on February 21, 2007, 20:04:55

its not a constant pull it just as you drive down the road you just have to make a little correction it drives fine apart from that  
let you know how i go on

Title: new grand cherikee owner
Post by: sardonicus on February 25, 2007, 20:33:20

just been weeping onto my keyboard on reading miks last posting about seized centre diff :cry:   my grand has always pulled a bit to the left ,but not so much on a level surface.have read somewhere that g.c's 'just do that' and isnt such a problem.The previous owner was told the same by an ex-dealership in rossendale.
I was just getting to like my jeep as well...

Title: new grand cherikee owner
Post by: Bishops Finger on February 25, 2007, 21:15:48

Mine has a habit of pulling into wide green lanes.....seriously tho it will be checked for steering issues over the next few days.....

Title: new grand cherikee owner
Post by: AndrewG on February 27, 2007, 08:46:14

I thought they had viscous couplers rather than centre diffs? (feel free to correct me!)

Title: new grand cherikee owner
Post by: tim_aka_tim on February 27, 2007, 09:11:45

Quote from: "AndrewG"

I thought they had viscous couplers rather than centre diffs? (feel free to correct me!)

The petrol ZJ/ZG ('93-'98 ) has an NP242, which has a centre difflock when in part time 4wd. The newer WJ/WG ('99-'04) has an NP247 which does indeed have a viscous coupling.

Title: new grand cherikee owner
Post by: AndrewG on February 27, 2007, 09:34:39

I've got Quadra-Trac - is that diff'd as it's full-time 4wd?