Project: Not a Project

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Originally Posted by Jeepin Jason

Yeah, that's just a Detroit being a Detroit. The one in my XJ behaves the exact same way. Letting off the gas then blipping it at high speeds feels like I just got rear ended, lol.

Originally Posted by bbaCJ8

^what he said. The "added backlash" isn't the part I'm worried about, it's physically unlocking and shifting the vehicle sideways

Originally Posted by 6DoF

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they do weird chit

That's good to now, I guess I won't spend forever trying to trace it down. It also possibly explains why going into drive it doesn't clunk but it does going into reverse. If it was purely ring gear backlash then I would expect it to be an equal opportunity bang. And it's a big bang, people regularly ask me if the truck is broken.

I do also notice sometimes when on and off the gas that it feels like it's pushing the truck sideways from the back. The rear leaf spring bushings are the only ones I haven't replaced, I've already done all of the front ones and the rear shackles, but I guess I can stop blaming them. I may still replace them, but they were going to be the hardest so I'm OK with not...

If all goes well I'm taking it to SMORR this August, I'll find out if all that weird behavior is worth it then!