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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Rate Thread chirping montero #796845 03/13/07 11:34 PM Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 36 Oklahoma, USA oewii OP Getting the Wheeling Fever My '88 SWB Montero is making a chirping sound that appears to be coming from the rear end or driveshaft. It starts when the vehicle warms up and increases in speed as I go faster. I jacked up the Rear and checked but no noise. After I put it back on the ground and drove it, it made the noise again. I'm concerned about driving very far until I figure it out. Thanks in advance for any help. 1988 montero 31X10.50X15 Pro Comp A/Ts on 15X8 Rock Crawler 97s Weber conversion with carter fuel pump. Roof rack in progress. Re: chirping montero [Re: oewii] #796846 03/13/07 11:57 PM Joined: May 2005 Posts: 927 San Jose, CA 8 89IsMine Rock Warrior Check the dust shield around where the driveshaft mates with the transmission (or is it the transfer case? Hmm. Can't remember now...). Looks kind of like a tin can. Mine was loose and and would rattle against the spinning drive shaft, although it sounded more like I was dragging tin cans behind me on a string than a chirp. Eric W. '89 Dodge Raider -- 3.0L V6, MT, SWB Re: chirping montero [Re: oewii] #796847 03/14/07 12:04 AM Joined: Jan 2000 Posts: 16,227 Bay Area, CA off-roader Web Wheeler Quote My '88 SWB Montero is making a chirping sound that appears to be coming from the rear end or driveshaft. It starts when the vehicle warms up and increases in speed as I go faster. I jacked up the Rear and checked but no noise. After I put it back on the ground and drove it, it made the noise again. I'm concerned about driving very far until I figure it out. Thanks in advance for any help. Suspension noise? When not in drive, does this happen when the suspension moves & engine is off or only when the engine is running? Quote Check the dust shield around where the driveshaft mates with the transmission (or is it the transfer case? Hmm. Can't remember now...). Looks kind of like a tin can. Mine was loose and and would rattle against the spinning drive shaft, although it sounded more like I was dragging tin cans behind me on a string than a chirp. Eric W. Eric, IIRC you're talking about the xcase output shaft dust shield. The tranny is connected directly to the xcase w/out any exposed shaft in between. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" /> Off Roader 98 Montero with the Winter Package 89 Montero minty clean and reserved for overlanding trips or Cars and Coffee events 96SR (3.15:1 xcase, 35's) gone to the rust gods 96SR Build Up Thread Old web page Old web page Re: chirping montero [Re: off-roader] #796848 03/14/07 12:44 AM Joined: May 2005 Posts: 927 San Jose, CA 8 89IsMine Rock Warrior Quote Eric, IIRC you're talking about the xcase output shaft dust shield. The tranny is connected directly to the xcase w/out any exposed shaft in between. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" /> Yup, that's correct. Thanks for clarifying! <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" /> Eric W. '89 Dodge Raider -- 3.0L V6, MT, SWB Re: chirping montero [Re: 89IsMine] #796849 03/14/07 12:29 PM Joined: Sep 2006 Posts: 406 Port Charlotte, FL Y yankneck696 Mudrunner Any time I have ever heard chirping from a rear drivetrain, I have replaced all U joints. Never heard chirping again. Ed Yankneck = Yankee ingenuity with Redneck stupidity. "How can I break it better?" 89 Raider 3.0 w/ 31's for now Re: chirping montero [Re: yankneck696] #796850 03/14/07 01:39 PM Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 3,169 Peachtree City, GA USA pmontero Roll Me Over They do that when they want to go play in the mud. They get louder and also start whining if you ignore them... take him out on the trail... <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> My vote is the u-joints as well. Wiggle and rotate the driveshaft. If there is any play at all in it, they need to be replaced. If you haven't changed the fluid in the rear diff, transfer case and transmission, you may want to consider doing it as well. Pmontero '87 Montero Diesel '98 Porsche Boxster Electric and more... 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