What did you do to your jeep today?

[sota]

ah. that all sounds like a big bag of SUCK.

 

[MNSue]

What did I do to my jeep today?

I traded it in for a minivan.

Are you still around the forum? I live in Eagan and need some work done on my Jeep Liberty. Interested?

 

[65Corvair]

Moved some firewood around with my jeep

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[LibertyTC]

Huge stump! That' not firewood until it's chainsawed up! Did the jeep manage to pull it ok in reverse?

 

[tommudd]

Moved some firewood around with my jeep

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That is what we call an overnighter

 

[65Corvair]

Huge stump! That' not firewood until it's chainsawed up! Did the jeep manage to pull it ok in reverse?

I split all my wood by hand, this would be a bit much to do.

In 2 low there was not enough traction in the just the rear, 4 low no problem.

I have the teraflex 2wd low kit and love it, its great for going slow. Very useful for not technical sections on the trails, and useful around the farm for moving wagons.

 

[sota]

I want that teraflex kit. sadly they never made it for the 241J, and it looks like they discontinued making it for the 231J.

 

[65Corvair]

I want that teraflex kit. sadly they never made it for the 241J, and it looks like they discontinued making it for the 231J.

I just installed mine last year, they are available for the 231on their website still.
https://teraflex.com/shop_items/tj-231-2low-2wd-low-range-shift-sector-kit

 

[TorrentIV]

Installed new trilink after letting the bushings cure, installed jba's extension back there too. Now sitting tall and proud in the rear, actually a bit more control/grip than I'm used to, which is ever so sweet. Now to get tires mounted and an alignment. And and 02 sensor. Anyone want a used Boomerang? I now have 4 hanging on the fence...

 

[lfhoward]

Lug nut saga, chapter 2.

A couple of weeks ago I replaced 18 of the 20 lug nuts on my Jeep with new Mopar, because most of them were in bad shape (all but 8 were toast when I took them off). Two were pretty stuck, and I broke the end off my 1/4” breaker bar. So, I got some impact-quality sockets and a 1/2” drive breaker bar and tried that today.

I hammered a socket onto the broken lug nuts before attempting to twist them off. This worked on one of them. The other, all I did was round it off. This is the one where the chrome outside came off. The 19 mm socket was of course too big now. So was the 18, so I hammered on the 17 cm socket. Here is the result.

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I don’t know if you can tell, but the nut is deformed now, completely rounded off, and remains just as stuck.

Is it time to drill and replace the stud?

edit:
I could try penetrating oil and one of those bolt remover tools. Or I could see if an air impact might budge it at a local shop. Other than that, I’m out of ideas.

Lug nut saga: Chapter 3

So, I got the kit of lug nut removers. Hammered the 17 cm one on. Smacked my thumb for good measure with the hammer once. That’s how you know it’s good and on.

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All I was able to do was round it off even more. This is after zapping it with Aerokroil every few days for the last week and a half.

Now what?

 

[LibertyTC]

Wow.. Do you have any mechanical or tire shops close by you could take it to for some pro help?

 

[lfhoward]

Wow.. Do you have any mechanical or tire shops close by you could take it to for some pro help?

Yes, I think that's the next best play. There is a Meineke a couple of blocks away from my house that could probably put an impact on it.

 

[Brendon Holt]

Lug nut saga: Chapter 3

So, I got the kit of lug nut removers. Hammered the 17 cm one on. Smacked my thumb for good measure with the hammer once. That’s how you know it’s good and on.

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All I was able to do was round it off even more. This is after zapping it with Aerokroil every few days for the last week and a half.

Now what?

OMG this is still happening? Awful!

 

[lfhoward]

OMG this is still happening? Awful!

Thanks for the sympathy! This is the worst stuck lug nut I've ever had on any vehicle I've ever owned. I've always been able to get them off until now. I really don't want any shops using impacts to put my lug nuts back on, ever.

 

[Brendon Holt]

Thanks for the sympathy! This is the worst stuck lug nut I've ever had on any vehicle I've ever owned. I've always been able to get them off until now. I really don't want any shops using impacts to put my lug nuts back on, ever.

Yeah whoever put that thing on shouldn't be allowed to touch tools

 

[tommudd]

Installed new trilink after letting the bushings cure, installed jba's extension back there too. Now sitting tall and proud in the rear, actually a bit more control/grip than I'm used to, which is ever so sweet. Now to get tires mounted and an alignment. And and 02 sensor. Anyone want a used Boomerang? I now have 4 hanging on the fence...

Only 4 tri-links hanging around?
Come on catch up LOL

 

[sota]

I'd be breaking out the welder and a sacrificial nut, and a sacrificial socket.

Or, have you tried a torch to warm it up?

https://boltbusterinc.com/kit/

starting to think one of those is in my future, just in case.

 

[4thefam]

front shocks,......struts are on cars without upper control arms
and if replacing rear shocks, replace the springs as well, weak springs make the shocks work harder, wearing them out faster

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I call these struts...

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I call these Shocks. Guess which one I replaced.

 

[tommudd]

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I call these struts...

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I call these Shocks. Guess which one I replaced.

Don't know which you replaced since we don't have struts
Done over 60 KJ lifts and have never touched a strut in doing any of them LOL
Touched coilover shocks plenty , but.................whatever trips your trigger

 

[65Corvair]

Most manufactures list the KJ front coil over assemblies as struts, take Monroe for example. They list part number 171577L as a strut.
Though I don't know if being a part of MacPherson style suspension is the deciding difference between strut and coil over.