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Red99XJsummitCO · 04-12-2009, 11:40 AM

hey guys,question.my cherokee has a 3.5 lift and 2inch spacer,shackles rear.about 5 inches or 5.5 id say.i bought it with stock driveline....quessing the guy put about 20,000 on it like this.then i drove it like that for 5,000.then my shop put in a t case drop and a lip ext Re1822(i dont know what that even is but i got it)......then i drove across country and it did ok and its been 5,000 since that small upgrade now.

my question is i got a slight......"spray" that been coming from that u joint in the rear.tossing it onto the bottom of my frame.now im not talking much......but its there.whats this spray and should i be ok not installing the SYE.IM BROKE.....VERY.and about to drive back to the west coast.

Kyle · 04-12-2009, 11:56 AM

Is it more of a liquid or a greece.

Red99XJsummitCO · 04-12-2009, 12:18 PM

im gonna say liquid.leaving a stripe on the frame above the u joint.....remember i got a stock setup my joint is about 10 inches from the t-case

Red99XJsummitCO · 04-12-2009, 12:21 PM

Its grease,would this cause u joint failure......getting a slight hobble at startoff......i mean very slight ,but i notice these things

Kyle · 04-12-2009, 12:24 PM

You sure you didnt over lube the ds?

Red99XJsummitCO · 04-12-2009, 12:29 PM

man i dunno really.i dont do my own work.....im in virginia,my shops in colorado.maybe they did.its definatly a black thick grease.do i forget about it?he may have overlubed it cause he knew i was riving 5,000 mi this summer.

Kyle · 04-12-2009, 12:39 PM

You should start doing your own work.

But ya Im pretty sure they just over lubed the rear DS, I have done it in the past. Clean it up and if its still there a couple weeks from now its something else.

Red99XJsummitCO · 04-12-2009, 12:48 PM

i know,ive only been a owner for 11 months and i have no tools and no mechanical experience.below are some pics

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/3959/015nsw.jpg

http://img9.imageshack.us/my.php?image=017oef.jpg

Kyle · 04-12-2009, 12:55 PM

IC ya a bit different then I was picturing. If you can afford it I would go with a sye and front stock DS in the rear in the near future as your shaft is sticking out pretty far.

Red99XJsummitCO · 04-12-2009, 01:07 PM

ok....ill do that then.is that front d-shaft good enough?

THANKS FOR YOUR INFO BUD

Kyle · 04-12-2009, 01:16 PM

Plenty, I know somebody running 37s locked on a front ds in the rear.

**2000XJ** · 04-13-2009, 09:54 AM

It could also be some tcase fluid that is dripping out since the shaft is so far out, which is them getting sprayed up there.

You definately need to get a SYE soon though, that should cure most driveline issues that you may be encountering right now.

Isn't your exhaust deafening? You have no muffler/pipe coming out of the cat?

Red99XJsummitCO · 04-13-2009, 12:15 PM

yea its cut off after.......no state inspection in colorado.its u joint grease tho for sure (black/sludgy) and i think the dude put and longer shaft on that u joint.....maybe thats why it appears to be coming out.....cause in reality its longer.im not sure,you guys know more than me im learning