iluv83vettes
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I used a piece of 1x2 box metal tubing as a spacer and the power steering to push the bolts through if that makes sense.
What was done to YOUR rig(XJ/MJ) today MECHANICALY????
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Exxon Valdez Jeep
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yeah just seen this
blenny
RRC President
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- Surfside Beach, TX
Is the big nut still on? Did you take the 3 bolts off the back of the unit bearing?trying to change the u joints, but the unit bearings don't seen to want to cooperate
Exxon Valdez Jeep
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- Temple TX
the 36mm isnt, I thought you could pull the shaft/unit bearing at the same time. Thats how I remember it, but its been awhile since I worked on a d30. I dont think this one has ever been apart...
- Location
- Houston, Tx
you can, i've done it that way before.
my method for getting them off destroys the dust shield, but if you beat the hell out of that with a hammer they tend to come off.
blenny
RRC President
- Location
- Surfside Beach, TX
You can, a trick that works real well is to screw in one of the 3 unit bearing bolts a few threads leave a socket and extension on it so that it touches the knuckle then turn the steering wheel, I hope that makes sense.
Exxon Valdez Jeep
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- Temple TX
The GoJeep method took about 15 minutes, bent my socket extension.
iluv83vettes
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FYI. If you are doing the WJ swap and using the ruffstuff DOM/whatever everything else is called to make the custom lengths, the heims are coarse thread and the tie rod ends are fine. At least I made sure to put one reverse and one regular threaded piece on each tube ...
blenny
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- Surfside Beach, TX
I read on one of these forums, maybe pirate, that these are bolt in for a 90 xj, can anyone confirm that?
$180 for both this weekend.
Exxon Valdez Jeep
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- Location
- Temple TX
Mine bolted in, once I was done with them :dunce:
Swamprat
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- little Tijuana
got front leafs?
DeftwillP
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- Location
- Round Rock TX
What axles are they?
blenny
RRC President
- Location
- Surfside Beach, TX
Rear dana 60 isu
Front dana 60 from a 90 f350 (the one with no room to work with on the driver's side)
No immediate plans, gotta do my rockers and plate in frame and front first, just couldn't pass em up.
iluv83vettes
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You could flip that front 60 to someone with an OBS 250 wanting to get rid of the twin traction beam dana 50. When I still had my 250 I searched high and low for one, king pin or ball joint, and couldn't find one for less than a grand.
blenny
RRC President
- Location
- Surfside Beach, TX
King pin, I have thought about that
DeftwillP
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- Location
- Round Rock TX
Yeah seems like a hell of a deal you got
Exxon Valdez Jeep
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- Temple TX
Time to get some tires mounted and see where they rub
- Location
- Houston, Tx
Those will look cool on the mini
DeftwillP
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- Location
- Round Rock TX
For sure. Does the mini have a body lift?
blenny
RRC President
- Location
- Surfside Beach, TX
So an AMC 258 question, since it is basically the same as the 4.0 I figured someone here might have an idea. The car had been sitting for many year, we have had it running and driving well. The Gremlin was idling for about 20 minutes while we washed it. Got in and wanted to check the decibels at WOT since it got a new exhaust. Revved to 3500 and all of a sudden got some nasty valve clatter. Looked down to see 0 psi. Normal idle is 10psi and 45 at 3500. I am assuming the gauge is correct since the valve clatter happened at the same time. All we can think is the oil pickup clogged, cracked or fell off , or a catastrophic oil pump failure. We checked the distributer drive gear and changed the oil and filter and did not notice anything outside the norm. Any other ideas since we have to pull the motor to drop the pan.
