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99XJ 192k miles I think my compressor is at least 7-8 years old, and I believe it is going out. My car runs very smooth, but when the AC clutch engages the car shudders and vibrates very bad - no squealing noises but it is loud. When it disengages, the vibes go away. I've been running it like...

Cool bananas, thanks fellas.

Looking online, this really doesn't look bad at all. Guess I'm just looking for peace of mind :)

Hi All, I just replaced my steering box bracket, tie rod ends, and steering stabilizer. I took it to my local shop for alignment. The guy said they got it mostly aligned, but that my camber and caster is off and that I will need shims and an offset ball joint to bring them back inline. He said...

I blew the dust boot on the TRE connecting driver side wheel to tie rod. Trying to remember which one that is so I can call NAPA and order a replacement. Pretty sure it is NCP 2692789 - Left;w/ Left Hand Threads;11/16" 18 Thread https://www.napaonline.com/en/p/NCZ2692789 Sound right? Thanks!

Yeah and pumping until I saw the old grease start to seep out is what I did :( That's what I read online and thats what I did., Lesson learned, oh well. Guess that will be my third trip to NAPA :D

I just replaced all the TREs in my front steering. I am all stock tires/suspension/etc. I drove it a few days, maybe 10 miles total. I was back under the car today checking on everything, and noticed a shit ton of grease all over the driver side wheel hub and rim. It had definitely burst/spewed...

Called NAPA and the part has a lifetime warranty, so they will swap it out.

I finally replaced my tie-rod ends. As I was greasing up the ball joints (Slowly), 3 of the 4 took about 20 pumps before grease started oozing out from under the boot. The drag link to steering knuckle took about 3 pumps before a shit ton of the original and new grease shot out the side. The...

Yeah I said fk it and pulled the damper off with the drag link. I'm just gonna replace both. At ~200k miles on the original damper, can't hurt.

That's the puller I'm using currently. Yes I'm replacing my TREs (so tie rod, drag link, and TRE at pitman), I've already got the tie rod out and it worked well. Now I am trying to remove the entire drag link. I figured I should remove the steering damper from the drag link first, then remove...

It's being a real PITA. I've got a HF TRE puller and have been slowly tightening it down, spraying PB, then beating on it with a hammer. My question is... do I need to remove the steering damper from the axle first? I want to make sure I am not hurting the damper trying to push it off the drag...

Reviving an old thread here, but I finally replaced my stock steering box spacer and unfortunately it was not cracked and the issue persists. I'll be replacing my TREs within the next week, then will start looking into the other recommendations here.

Thanks folks. Looks like I'll stop by NAPA for my TREs. Will hold off on the other stuff for now.

99 XJ Limited Automatic 4WD 190k miles all stock daily driver Hi all, Recent troubleshooting here led to realization I need to replace my steering box bracket, as well as the tie rod ends. My googling tells me that while I'm there, I may as well replace ball joints too. I've never greased or...