How to diagnose / replace bad CV Joint on front propeller drive shaft - Jeep 4x4 Quadra Drive 2 

finally something been pain diagnosing mine 6 year old video helps me out now thank you for this

Got the same diagnostic (cv axle) until I lift up the truck and saw the same problem in the 4*4 shaft, then I found your video, that was a great confirmation of my suspects, thanks for the video!

That’s the sound. Jesus I’ve been trying to figure this out for forever. THANK YOU SIR!!!

Very good video. Thanks for the info, bud. Solved a bunch of issues for me.

Just the best video I needed. Thank you bro you made my day. I got the same problem now I know what to do thanks to you 👍😁

Thanks for showing how the caps go back on

I just completed my task at hand for the same situation. Problem solved. Thanks for the vid. You helped me out.

Solid wheel/tire choices man they look great. Appreciate the helpful vid for troubleshooting mine.

I have this exact same noise issue on mine! This is the only video showing this fix. I hope it works for me!

Thank you for the video. I thought it was the transfer case. Note: Beware of cheap parts. 1st kit I bought off of Amazon (mistake) failed after less than 5miles. Now replacing entire front driveshaft as a better alternative.

ur the man apreaciated u making this video

Thanx for the video It will help going forward

Great video man. I have the same noise with my 2004 JGC. I replaced the front axles and wheel bearings and that did not fix it. Hopefully this is the problem that I have as well. It is driving me crazy.

nice detective work.

Glad you finally got transfer case correct. No need to call it center. Only one on the vehicle

CV on my propshaft was gone too. Gone in for a conversion to a U-joint as the parts for my 20 year old 4x4 are expensive and hard to come by.

Great video! Mine doing the same thing hopefully it fixes it. Hummer h3

Excellent video.!! Very very helpful

Ken,U helped me a lot.Where can I get the new kit.Im in Pretoria

Thank you so much for your video 😊

Solid video.

It's the same with all your CV and prop shafts--- once the boot is gone, the grease slings out and then it wears very quickly because it's dry. Especially if you're driving off road through creeks and deep mud holes, ect.. The water will wash out the grease very quickly. Luckily these kits are very cheap though.

I reallt thought I blew my front diff thank you

About to do mine.

2005 jeep grand cherokee limited 5.7 with towing package.I got a small video on it. replacing the whole shaft next week.

Hello Can I kindly ask you, if the front driveshaft must be ALIGNED AND BALANCED? Has not been MARKED(on either side) by before taking it of.Probably it made the difference.. My front cv joint lasted only 30miles, vibration upon 60mp hour and failed(melted component) Thank you for your time and effort for responding

dude....that is exactly what mine is doing.....been reading forums everything....saying cv axle wheel bearing mine are new. transfer case or this was my guess...it will only click under load or the wieght of the jeep. Believe me I did this too. However mine is not lose or any slack. The rear boot was gone and no grease in the bearings other than black dirt residue...it has a green label on it I think it means something lol...maybe limited slip...5.7 hemi somthing...maybe quadra drive 2 system...

Great video. I have a similar sound. Looks like you thought it may have been coming from the front diff. Was the torn boot on the transfer case end or the front diff end?

Thank you for making this video I have this issue and I was scared shattless ot was a front diff because I had just finished offroading it I have a wk

Did this sound only happen when you press the gas and accelerate and if you let off the gas it stops? Thank You!

Did u have to remove any extra components under your jeep in order to have room to remove the drive shaft or did it just slide out once you loosened the bolts?

Nice video. I think this is my exact issue. Thank you.

I'm finding that CV rebuild kit too but no luck. My car is Ford Explorer 2016 2.3L Ecoboost Limited. Much appreciated if you could share links to the right part, bro.

What did it take to get drive shaft off ? Good tip about putting the T~Case into 'N'. Thanx. I hope that removing the bolts all-out both ends of this shaft will allow the shaft to drop straight down and out. No dropping any port and starboard [right and left] floorpan supports holding the transmission or transfer box ... RIGHT? Other than that fairly easy job. How was the splined shaft at the end where the CV was worn out? Any damage in this area? Great video. Thank you.

Strangely on my Dodge Nitro-- it has a prop/ CV joint on one end, but then has the standard U-joint style on the other end of the shaft.

Did you have to drop the cross member any? I have the 07 commander same issue and cannot get the shaft out from under the vehicle. Hits the exhaust and the crossmember as well as tank guard

I have the exact same sound when I turn. Is it the cv axle or can it be the ball joint ?? I’m Confused

Did it seem like it was rotating with in the cv joint while accelerating? Is that what was making that clicking sound?

Thanks

How long did that dorman cv last you? Mine lasted about a month before being shot. Ended up getting one from a junk yard and it’s been fine for 3 years now.

Where did you get those fender flares!

Great video

It seems like you skipped over the parts that weren’t obvious. How do you get the shaft out? How did you get the new joint on there with the funny clamp?

hello, I have a wk from 2008 and it makes me a noise similar to the noise of the video when turning the wheels to the left or to the right and also the front transmission seems to have no differential center ... is this the same problem? Thanks so

did you had a humming noise like a wheel bearing with this problem ?

How did you get the knuckle off the spline??

If I remove the driveshaft will it run in rear wheel drive?

Question: were you able to get the driveshaft out without lowering the transmission crossmember, or did you have to lower it? I ask because some have said they had to lower the crossmember but it may be necessary with the other style of driveshaft that uses a u joint on the front end of it instead of the CV with the boot....

Mine made the ticking while coming to a complete stop slowly . or riding the brakes going slow.

Hi Ken. I have problem with my drive shaft CV Joint. I see that you used this part: Dorman 932-303 I have Jeep Grand Cherokee 3.0 CRD (diesel not petrol) and I looking for good part. Are you happy from this part? Is it good part?

Can the axle be left out and driven without it until I repair it?

How's the repair holding up?

Did this issue cut power to the front and create 4wd failure? So only rwd?

I know this video is a couple years old (thanks for making it btw), just wanted to add a couple of things I learned doing this on the same style of double rzeppa front driveshaft (08 JGC 4.7) hope it helps some people! 1) green tag indicates it's the 23 1/4" shaft (weld to weld measure). 2) While on 4 jack stands have a qualified (able to drive safely) helper put light pressure on the brakes while in 4low and drive. It will cause the binding which helps pinpoint the noises. Mine was the front cv rzeppa joint, which has no rebuild available as far as I know. 3) this is not one of those cases where an Amazon part will suffice, nor a rebuilt part. I'm learning this the hard way by having to redo the job after 6 months/4k miles. 4) Mopar replacement is about $600, Tom Woods/Carolina Driveline/Custom built is about the same or less in most cases and include Cardan joints (sometimes you can get spicers too) that are replaceable. I'm going that route as per multiple jeep forum reports. Good luck everyone, not a bad job, but annoying, especially the second time around. Buy once cry once definitely applies here... 🤣

OK I have one more question for you....I picked up the Dorman CV repair kit and what I noticed is that the CV is pretty stiff it does not flex easily (not greased yet) like a CV joint on a steering axle does. Was this your experience as well or did it flex easily? I asked the guy a the parts store and he didn't know. I thought of calling Dorman's tech support and asking them....

How can you tell what size you need?

It doesnt matter which way you put it on becouse moco dont balance them as a whole assembly ~ transfer case,shaft etc .... shaft is balanced individualy as well as mounting flages on both ends

Was the noise a kind of clinking noise? Like a bell?

I need this exact video BUT for replacing the other CV joint that bolts to the front differential, not the t-case. Can anyone help me out?

How much time to do it

Next time, just crawl under and grab the shaft and twist it back and for, like you were doing with the tire; and then you can feel the 'clanking' and also wiggle the shaft side to side as you're twisting it--- and then it will be very obvious. Just get kinda rough with it and twist it back and forth fairly hard--- because your engine is definitely not going easy on it. lol..

Could that cause a cab drone

I have a 2011 Jeep Grand Cherokee limited we have rear drive shaft out How do u determine if that’s what is bad cause the drive shaft seems fine?

Cześć wywaliło mi smar z łożyska po rzegubu koło reduktora dokladnie to co wymieniłeś.jestem 2000 tyś kilometrowod domu dojade ?

How the hell did you get the driveshaft out? I can't even unseat it from the front differential. There is a lip around the bearing assemly that goes into the front diff so it won't just drop out. I have to compress the front CV boot somehow to pull it out. Any advice would be very much appreciated.

I have a popping noise not as prominent as yours but also have a loud grinding noise and vibration coming from under the driver floor board I'm assuming its the bearings on the front driveshaft was yours making the grinding noise too?

Did yours start squeaking at first?

but no actual rebuild procedure...?

Mine does that only when I drive a couple of meters but stop's when I Carrie on driving only does that when I start the car and move forward so Gona take the front drive shaft of

Hellooo there I have a question, What if my Axel s bottom numbers says 432

what year jeep commander and engine size?

I have an 02 WJ. Mine is making a "clunking" type noise that I can hear and feel in the driver side floor board. At first I thought it was my transfer case chain but my front driveshaft cv joint has ALOT of up/ down play in it so im thinking maybe it's my driveshaft? Any ideas? It does it the worst when I'm turning left or accelerating from a dead stop. It doesn't do it when turning right at all (or at least not bad enough to where I notice)

Hi , how did you take the shaft off ? Do I have to move the transfer or just pull it off ,

But how did you get it out!

Thanks for NOT showing how you got it out…. After unbolting

Informative but shaky camera work made me nauseated

Please stop running everywhere with camera and tell what you going to do

Holy I never heard someone who’s probably young moan and complain so much moving around and I’m in the trade business 12 years age 32 lol stop complaining so much lol you’re not 70