I will fire up the ol crystal ball here....

Maybe you are describing the throw out bearing going bad?  If so I would
live with it and just shift fast until I needed a clutch.

But, if it grinds when going into gear, then more likely you have not
enough of or the wrong fluid in there.  The syncros fail if you use the
wrong stuff.

Or if you cross water, you could have a tranny full of water seeing as
Jeep doesn't put a high water vent on the tranny, only the diffs and
t-case.

Or if you have been mud running, maybe the tranny is full of mud via the
same vent.  (have seen that several times, looked like diarrhea coming
out the drain)

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
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