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Okay... warning! Totally newb question. I've never been a mechanic and before the JK didn't do much of my own work on cars/trucks, so please excuse the vague description below.... :laughing:
It seems I've got an issue in the pass side rear area. As I'm driving along I get a "chirping" sound that seems to correspond to wheel speed in frequency. Go slowly and I get chirp ---- chirp ---- chirp ---- chirp, etc. Drive quickly I get chirpchirpchirpchirp, etc.
I put the Jeep in 4-LO and walked beside it in a parking lot but I guess it wasn't going quickly enough to chirp as I got nothing.... :shaking: Well, except for a nice walk
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If I step on the brake pedal the chirp goes away. If I keep one foot on the gas and step on the brake pedal the chirp still goes away. Once the brake pedal is released the chirp returns.
I'm pretty sure its coming from the pass rear as I drove beside a long wall and the noise was louder when the pass side was near the wall vs. the drivers side.
I've got about 13500 miles on it so far.
So folks, any thoughts? Is it time for new brakes? Bad wheel bearing? Potential issues with the rear drive shaft? Flux Capacitor on the fritz or the DiLithium Crystals not aligned?
It seems I've got an issue in the pass side rear area. As I'm driving along I get a "chirping" sound that seems to correspond to wheel speed in frequency. Go slowly and I get chirp ---- chirp ---- chirp ---- chirp, etc. Drive quickly I get chirpchirpchirpchirp, etc.
I put the Jeep in 4-LO and walked beside it in a parking lot but I guess it wasn't going quickly enough to chirp as I got nothing.... :shaking: Well, except for a nice walk
If I step on the brake pedal the chirp goes away. If I keep one foot on the gas and step on the brake pedal the chirp still goes away. Once the brake pedal is released the chirp returns.
I'm pretty sure its coming from the pass rear as I drove beside a long wall and the noise was louder when the pass side was near the wall vs. the drivers side.
I've got about 13500 miles on it so far.
So folks, any thoughts? Is it time for new brakes? Bad wheel bearing? Potential issues with the rear drive shaft? Flux Capacitor on the fritz or the DiLithium Crystals not aligned?