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Why does your jeep wrangler make a grinding noise when downshifting into fourth gear from fifth?

April 26, 2017downshifting Fifth fourth Gear grinding jeep noise wrangler

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Why does your jeep wrangler make a grinding noise when downshifting into fourth gear from fifth?

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You may also be having problems with the synchro rings that allow the gears to mesh without the grinding. 1st-2nd gear share a synchro and 3rd-4th gear share a synchro too. It sounds like the 3rd-4th gear synchro may be worn.