What did you do to your jeep today?

[lfhoward]

Break out the 460’s!

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Yup. Even the professionals with the professional tools couldn't get it out without destroying it. The good news is my driveshaft CV is fixed now. And I have a new downstream O2 sensor on bank 1. LOL

 

[lfhoward]

It may be too stripped now, but tightly putting a worm drive hose clamp around the o2 socket can keep it from spreading and slipping.

Had one, tried that. It might have worked if I had clamped the extractor tool at the beginning, but by the time I thought of this, the sensor was too stripped.

I probably should invest in a good propane torch. I'm sure there will be other stuck things on this Jeep that will need unsticking.

 

[sota]

you'll want MAP, not propane.
reminds me I need to get a MAP torch.
hell you really should have all 3...
propane
MAP
oxyacetylene

I know guys who can use the latter for all 3 conditions, but i'm not that talented.

 

[Deb'nKJ]

No I haven't. I've bottled it this weekend as after watching a handful of videos the fronts seem a bit of a pig of job (the top hose mount) needing several pairs of hands. Its too cold to be doing this without a heated garage and everyone useful is quite tied up (like me) making every second of daylight count doing farm/horse stuff. Needs to get done though.

I've got to do a load of work in that area (including fitting the new - Quinton Hazell, would you believe? - pads, assuming they arrive in time) come the weekend so I'll see what I make of what's involved in replacing the flexis (that's soft lines/rubber pipes for my American readers )

 

[Deb'nKJ]

You have a dragging brake on that side I would think.

That's my suspicion, although the difference in wear is not so great. Ironically, had that very problem on the back but the difference both between the two pads & that side with the other was much more marked. Idea is to fit reputable budget pads & keep an eye on them. Who knows, if the problem's not hydraulic, just having it all apart, as it is at the moment, & cleaning/lubing everything might be all it takes.

 

[JRB]

Tried my hardest to get that O2 sensor out and … well, crap.

The tool. Not a bad quality one either.

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Outcome = stripped.

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Getting help from the professionals now who can torch it off. Running the Jeep to get the exhaust hot is not hot enough. This is no longer a free repair.

Dang!

Unless you know someone who does the work for a good price, it still may be worth picking up a bottle of mapp gas (~$15 USD) if you don't have some (it'll get hotter than propane/butane can) and cherry red it up and vice grip it out. Not guaranteed 100% it will work, but the remainder of mapp gas will not go to waste if it doesn't!

I'll generally use this for mixed metals (brass on steel etc), paraffin wax added to threads after good torching has helped me out a ton in the past on quite a few projects that needed unsticking.

 

[KJowner]

That's my suspicion, although the difference in wear is not so great. Ironically, had that very problem on the back but the difference both between the two pads & that side with the other was much more marked. Idea is to fit reputable budget pads & keep an eye on them. Who knows, if the problem's not hydraulic, just having it all apart, as it is at the moment, & cleaning/lubing everything might be all it takes.

The pistons are plastic instead of metal and seem to swell and bind, my front offside seized up, I stripped it did the slides and put a new piston and seals in but to be honest a new caiper would have been 10x easier.
I wouldn't leave it, I did the slides and worked the piston with a clamp, it lasted a few days before it sized again, slow trip home!

 

[Heavymetalduck]

Front lower control arm bushings and tie rods.

 

[Deb'nKJ]

The pistons are plastic instead of metal and seem to swell and bind, my front offside seized up, I stripped it did the slides and put a new piston and seals in but to be honest a new caiper would have been 10x easier.
I wouldn't leave it, I did the slides and worked the piston with a clamp, it lasted a few days before it sized again, slow trip home!

Well this is my 5th Jeep in 10 years (still have 3 1/2 of them) & never had that problem.
I rebuilt a rear caliper on a WJ, but for a different reason, & the most difficult part was getting a kit with both piston & seals. However given the price of KJ calipers, it's probably not worth it.
With this though, there are no brake issue symptoms, I only noticed the uneven wear when I pulled the brakes off in preparation for rather more serious disassembly. As it could've been like it all the time I've had it, or it could've happened in the last week I was using it, I'd rather have a better idea of what's happening before jumping in the deep end.

 

[derekj]

I have a set of these Knipex pliers, they never loose

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[KJowner]

Well this is my 5th Jeep in 10 years (still have 3 1/2 of them) & never had that problem.
I rebuilt a rear caliper on a WJ, but for a different reason, & the most difficult part was getting a kit with both piston & seals. However given the price of KJ calipers, it's probably not worth it.
With this though, there are no brake issue symptoms, I only noticed the uneven wear when I pulled the brakes off in preparation for rather more serious disassembly. As it could've been like it all the time I've had it, or it could've happened in the last week I was using it, I'd rather have a better idea of what's happening before jumping in the deep end.

I think it's only KJ front brakes that are 'blessed' with plastic pistons.

 

[Erskine]

Well this is my 5th Jeep in 10 years (still have 3 1/2 of them) & never had that problem.
I rebuilt a rear caliper on a WJ, but for a different reason, & the most difficult part was getting a kit with both piston & seals. However given the price of KJ calipers, it's probably not worth it.
With this though, there are no brake issue symptoms, I only noticed the uneven wear when I pulled the brakes off in preparation for rather more serious disassembly. As it could've been like it all the time I've had it, or it could've happened in the last week I was using it, I'd rather have a better idea of what's happening before jumping in the deep end.

Check out Autodoc. I got new front calipers complete for £50 each

 

[Deb'nKJ]

I think it's only KJ front brakes that are 'blessed' with plastic pistons.

Do you mean as opposed to the rears (must admit I never paid that much attention, as that's what I expected to find) - OR compared with other Jeeps?

 

[Deb'nKJ]

Check out Autodoc. I got new front calipers complete for £50 each

Thanks, I'll bear that in mind if/when the time comes - but did have a bit of an issue mitt der Herr Doktor: got a pair of backplates for my WJ but (a) they didn't fit (b) WJ's don't appear to have backplates &, while they were quite good about taking them back it was all just too much trouble (very reminiscent of RockAuto)

 

[duderz7]

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dual floor mats in the front, single mats in the rear. We'll see how it goes but the extra set of front mats seems pretty stable, if they move much they'll become available. I like the look of the Jeep mats, but the function of the weather techs.

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also put the basket and snow board rack on as the the family wants to go snerberlerdin tomorrow. Usually we take the Yukon because of all the extra room, but it's waiting on an oil pump. I've had all of the above items fir over a year, but that structure you can see there has been taking up a lot of my time. And I didn't feel like vacuuming the jeep or straightening out the basket (was on my buddies rig when he rolled it). Will sure be nice when I can work on stuff inside.

 

[derekj]

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dual floor mats in the front, single mats in the rear. We'll see how it goes but the extra set of front mats seems pretty stable, if they move much they'll become available. I like the look of the Jeep mats, but the function of the weather techs.

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also put the basket and snow board rack on as the the family wants to go snerberlerdin tomorrow. Usually we take the Yukon because of all the extra room, but it's waiting on an oil pump. I've had all of the above items fir over a year, but that structure you can see there has been taking up a lot of my time. And I didn't feel like vacuuming the jeep or straightening out the basket (was on my buddies rig when he rolled it). Will sure be nice when I can work on stuff inside.

Cool siding on the house - what is it?

 

[duderz7]

Cedar shingles, it was very important to my wife to have it match our house which was built in 1900. So we decided that's her baby and I don't touch it. She gets to hand nail each individual shingle. Haven't finished up top yet because we've got to stack scaffolding 4 high.

 

[duderz7]

Just got back from skiing, and I gotta say the 4.10s make it so much nicer in the mountains. This was my first real drive since getting it back together after the regear and I'm quite pleased, even if the drivers cv axle is slinging grease everywhere at the moment, and on an eyeball/driveway alignment.

 

[KJowner]

Do you mean as opposed to the rears (must admit I never paid that much attention, as that's what I expected to find) - OR compared with other Jeeps?

Both as far as I know.

 

[sota]

trying to determine if I can strengthen the roof structure, in lieu of trying to build/install a roof rack. my reasoning... I have low clearance into my garage, and want to permanently integrate a basket up top that's probably about as deep as the tupperware unit.