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ZUKIWORLD Discussion Forum => Suzuki 4x4 Forum => Topic started by: 96track on March 15, 2005, 08:44:01 AM
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hey guy's I was wondering if anyone would know why my samurai would only knock in gear and when you are in neutral you can redline it with no knocks at all. I also have a leak at the front of the motor, I thought it was the oil pan gasket so I replaced it and it still leaks, would it be a front main seal? if so how hard is it to replace. thanks in advance.
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so your talking about your motor? is it rod knock? get a stethescope!
or maybe your ujoint is broke?
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What sort of knock ?
If you saying when you drive it and floor it and it knocks I'm thinking T/case mount, where as if you saying revving it on the spot and then it's an engine knock I'd be thinking big end bearings ??
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If it only knocks when you take off or are moving, and you don't know for sure that it is an engine knock, check the u-joints on your intermediate drive shaft. I came very close to having a disaster because I didn't know to check those joints, and I had never heard any other vehicle make the same kind of noise.
The scary part for me was the fact that the first time I crawled under and tried to wiggle that shaft, there didn't seem to be any slop. A couple of weeks later when I checked it again out of desperation, there was mucho slop. When I went to replace the joints, I found the needles in two of the arms on each joint gone, (as in not there at all). I still don't understand why it didn't move the first time I checked it.
Mel
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thanks for the input guy's. I took off my valve cover yesterday and found that a phillips head screw was just sitting on my rocker, so I put it back where it was supposed to go and then tightened down the other ones and I will be firing it up today and get back to you.