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What did you do to your XJ today

Came home to discover my new double sheer track bar from Iron Rock Offroad today. It is very stout and strong. I don't think I'll be worrying about my track bar anymore.
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RedJeep2.0 said:
The black jeep almost cought fire.

The 2 small wires coming off the alt, rubbed on the frame and grounded out.

That made the fusible link wires that come off the starter relay melt and smoke.

I really feel that if I didn't pull over and shut it down when I seen the smoke and smelled the melting plastic... I would have lost the black jeep.

This was last year, before redjeep.
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Yeah it gave me a little rush but its running fine now i need to figure out why its overheating though when im going up hills for a long time like at nwf when it was heating up thats what its still doing. can figure it out maybe my therostat is starting to go bad??
 
I painted my ugly orange knuckels, black and my new diff cover, I still have no idea why I am waisting my time with all this painting? Will it not only last 5 minutes on the trail, especially the front axle I did a horrible job with prep I think I can hear the paint pealing off already.
 
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Got my warrior products upper control arms and spicer ball joints and drive shaft u-joint. Just gotta pick up the ball joint installer from harbor freight in the morning and I'm good to go.

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AwesomeXJ said:
Got my warrior products upper control arms and spicer ball joints and drive shaft u-joint. Just gotta pick up the ball joint installer from harbor freight in the morning and I'm good to go.

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Are you going to install those uppers with the axle in the Jeep?
I would like to get new uppers.. ..but don't want to deal with the install.
Its a pain, right? I would have to do with the axle in the Jeep in my garage 'situation'.
 
kndrewa said:
Are you going to install those uppers with the axle in the Jeep?
I would like to get new uppers.. ..but don't want to deal with the install.
Its a pain, right? I would have to do with the axle in the Jeep in my garage 'situation'.
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Ya i'm putting them in with the axle in the jeep. I unfortunatly have to do it with both uppers unmounted. So I have to wrap a ratchet strap around the pumpkin and secure it to my bumper to keep it from rotating backward. If yours are currently not buckled like mine. It will be a piece of cake. just do one at a time.:greensmok
 
Your fine.. between the coils, shocks, and lowers.. the axle hardly moves.. It's really easy.. i've done it 3 times this year.. I've always done one side at a time
 
NW-ZJ-SCOTT said:
Your fine.. between the coils, shocks, and lowers.. the axle hardly moves.. It's really easy.. i've done it 3 times this year.. I've always done one side at a time
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Nice, thanks for the encouragement! I think from what I've read, I was mostly feeling anxious about replacing the bushings on the axle - I seem to have the feeling that I've read they can be quite stubborn. Has that been the case for you?
 
kndrewa said:
Nice, thanks for the encouragement! I think from what I've read, I was mostly feeling anxious about replacing the bushings on the axle - I seem to have the feeling that I've read they can be quite stubborn. Has that been the case for you?
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Use an air chisel if you have access to one, use it on the outside edge of the bushing, they come right out


I drove mine 60 mph everything seems to be settling in and it keeps driving better.
 
Installed a torque converter lock-up kit. Locks automatically at cruise in 4th and on-demand in 2-4 using the factory Power/Comfort switch on the dash.
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Went for a nice drive (15.4 mpg) ... took some glam shotz
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