What did you do to your Jeep today?

[autotech98]

The force is strong with this one

[WhiteDevil1311]

Yesterday it "wobbled" 90 degrees on me I thought it was gonna roll but I had space to regain it and this morning it wobbled again not as hard but with it getting consistent at 45 mph and above on any sort of unsmooth surface. I am starting with shocks and maybe a new track bar but I have no evidence of loose parts where there should be with the wobble.

[autotech98]

No bad ball joints?

[WhileInTheWild]

The parts and tools came in today to swap out my power steering high pressure line hose, gave the threads a good soaking with PB blaster, took off the air box, swore a bunch, drank some beer and finally got the damn lower nut loose. Ended up needing both a 10" and 6" extension to get the right leverage, putting the new one on was pretty straightforward after that headache. Now TheWild is back on the road and the steering feels better now.

[WhileInTheWild]

Also this:

[downsy]

Replaced upper control arm bushings. Passenger side ones weren't too bad but still pretty dry rotted, but the driver's side ones were collapsing and coming apart. Guess that's where my thump noises were coming from.

Next on the list is Bumpstops. Then after that new springs on all 4 corners and new bushings in the rear for the new springs.

Dry rotted and some of them were collapsing


Pretty sure this is where my front end knock was coming from


The new freshness, while I thought this one was going to be the easiest one and the one I did last it was by far the hardest one to do with the ball joint press kit. I spent nearly half my time getting this one back in out of the 4 hours I spent doing this job.

[WhiteDevil1311]

Autotech. Thats still unknown. I cam say the u joint at the right side hub is shot. It cn move with little fingertip effort.

[autotech98]

Thats a good place to start.if that is shot then it can put stress on ball joints and cause them to fail and vice versa.

[WhiteDevil1311]

Yeah im worried about the tie rods mostly. That much nonsense is sure to weaken them drastically

[autotech98]

Had that on a 79 bronco with 33's.hot a bad bump or rr track and it had a seizure.just held on and hit the brakes! And then go home and change your shorts..lol

[Brasscatz]

I unearthed it from the garage to have my garage door replaced.


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[slipinkramer]

That is a nice looking XJ there.

[Brasscatz]

Thank ya kindly garage kept lol. As you can see, it got a rain bath and it washed the sand off that was left behind from TORR lol

[XJ Wheeler]

Its eyes must hurt from the blinding sun after being in the dungeon!

[WhiteDevil1311]

Picked up the 3 front shocks for it