What did you do to your jeep today?

[CherokeeLiberty]

Nothing special with the jeep. I just put miles on it. I did locate an AC leak on my wife’s car. We’re pretty excited about that!

 

[lfhoward]

Found this today…

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Needless to say, time to change a tire!

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Dropped this off at the tire shop to get a replacement KO2 mounted.

Also I am washing and detailing this afternoon because Jeepy will be the ride for my god-daughter tonight for her junior prom. I should try and spiff up a bit myself too. Can’t drive her to the prom looking like I was working on a Jeep.

 

[Megalodon]

I learned that aftermarket brake caliper mounting bolts are longer than the oem bolts on my 04 liberty. Thusly, they are useless. Had to park it til I can find the correct bolts or washers somewhere...

 

[Luke]

Dropped this off at the tire shop to get a replacement KO2 mounted.

I was a Duratrac guy for a long time, but I have to say the KO2’s are great so far!

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P.S. Congrats Dad!

 

[lfhoward]

I had Duratracs before these too. KO2’s are comparable in traction but with a much quieter ride and better cornering, in my opinion. The only downside is that they will only last a little more than half as long as the Duratracs, which went more than 90K miles.

 

[Deb'nKJ]

I learned that aftermarket brake caliper mounting bolts are longer than the oem bolts on my 04 liberty. Thusly, they are useless. Had to park it til I can find the correct bolts or washers somewhere...

Why not just use the old bolts - or cut down the new ones?

 

[Megalodon]

Why not just use the old bolts - or cut down the new ones?

Two of the originals fell out somewhere. I think I may have gotten excessive with the anti seize on my last project. Stuffs been working loose. As for cutting the aftermarket ones down, I'm a little light on the power tools, and I'm not steady enough with a hacksaw to not destroy the threads. Was hoping for a quick replace, but all I can find are the long ones. All the oem sites I've checked are out of stock. What a dumb thing to be thwarted by.

 

[dchadjohnson]

Last week I ordered a new passenger CV axle, intermediate shaft, seal, bearing, clip, etc to make this repair. Did the driver side this past fall and it's time to do the passenger. planned to do it this weekend, but will have to hit pause bc Amazon/UPS decided to deliver an empty box instead of my new intermediate shaft LOL

 

[duderz7]

Two of the originals fell out somewhere. I think I may have gotten excessive with the anti seize on my last project. Stuffs been working loose. As for cutting the aftermarket ones down, I'm a little light on the power tools, and I'm not steady enough with a hacksaw to not destroy the threads. Was hoping for a quick replace, but all I can find are the long ones. All the oem sites I've checked are out of stock. What a dumb thing to be thwarted by.

I had one go missing once, $2 at the parts yard and I was rolling in no time.

 

[lfhoward]

Two of the originals fell out somewhere. I think I may have gotten excessive with the anti seize on my last project. Stuffs been working loose. As for cutting the aftermarket ones down, I'm a little light on the power tools, and I'm not steady enough with a hacksaw to not destroy the threads. Was hoping for a quick replace, but all I can find are the long ones. All the oem sites I've checked are out of stock. What a dumb thing to be thwarted by.

I was thinking put a nut or two on the bolt before you cut it short, and they will repair the threads for you when you back them off.

 

[CherokeeLiberty]

Last week I ordered a new passenger CV axle, intermediate shaft, seal, bearing, clip, etc to make this repair. Did the driver side this past fall and it's time to do the passenger. planned to do it this weekend, but will have to hit pause bc Amazon/UPS decided to deliver an empty box instead of my new intermediate shaft LOL

Let me guess… You got the box, and there was a fairly neat hole in the end of it?

 

[nohitter64]

Two of the originals fell out somewhere. I think I may have gotten excessive with the anti seize on my last project. Stuffs been working loose. As for cutting the aftermarket ones down, I'm a little light on the power tools, and I'm not steady enough with a hacksaw to not destroy the threads. Was hoping for a quick replace, but all I can find are the long ones. All the oem sites I've checked are out of stock. What a dumb thing to be thwarted by.

Will these work? PM me if you want them.

 

[Rasfetch]

Tried to change my own oil again, and the oil change place way overtightened my oil drain plug. It was not budging at all, so now I gotta get a breaker bar to hopefully get this plug out. I'm so done paying to have my oil changed. Every time I go, they either overtighten the drain plug or the oil filter...

 

[CherokeeLiberty]

One of my buddies found that out, too. He was not strong enough to loosen it, so I had to get under there and beat the wrench with a hammer.

 

[sota]

Yeah, the helicopter effect is much more pronounced with the Liberty. My Outback would do it sometimes if I had the sunroof open, but just the back windows can do it on the Libby.

rain guards got rid of the helicopter noise for me.

 

[sota]

Changed the oil and oil filter. It had gone 5,992 miles on the old oil. I use a full synthetic that states it is guaranteed for 10,000 miles, but going nearly 6K is double what I usually allow. I am old and the days of 3,000-mile oil changes are still heavily ingrained in my mind. I will sleep easier tonight.

For what it is worth, with 105,421 on the engine I still have never had to add oil between changes. (Knock wood.) I've had cars in the past that burned so much oil you almost didn't need to actually change it. With a fresh quart every three or four weeks that kind of took care of itself.

I've been 6k intervals since day 1 with NAPA/WIX filters and Walmart full synthetic. every oil sample i've had tested has come back with "you can go longer."
All my vehicles* are 6k/1Year/NAPA/WIX/FullSynth, and I've had vehicles go almost 200k miles doing that.

* the neon is the exception. high strung high stressed turbo 4 that's seen track days. if the oil is > 1000 miles before an event it gets changed, and gets changed immediately after an event.

 

[Deb'nKJ]

Two of the originals fell out somewhere. I think I may have gotten excessive with the anti seize on my last project. Stuffs been working loose. As for cutting the aftermarket ones down, I'm a little light on the power tools, and I'm not steady enough with a hacksaw to not destroy the threads. Was hoping for a quick replace, but all I can find are the long ones. All the oem sites I've checked are out of stock. What a dumb thing to be thwarted by.

I thought there were only 2 bolts (or perhaps you mean 1 each side), Never experienced (or heard of) antiseize causing bolts to back off, never mind fall out.

Of course a cut-off wheel makes reducing the length of bolts a breeze but I managed with a hacksaw for decades & just dressed the end with a file - but the idea of using a nut is a good one.

However you just want a few bolts, nothing special, although HT would be desirable, they come in all lengths from any hardware store, or somewhere like Tractor Supply Co.

 

[dchadjohnson]

Let me guess… You got the box, and there was a fairly neat hole in the end of it?

no holes, but it does look like the end was opened and taped up...that's sus, as the kids these days say

 

[Johnny O]

Well it only took 49k miles to do it, but I finally wore out the front Toyo AT3s. Must have tore them up good last weekend on sharp limestone exposures as had a section delaminate down to the belts on the way home from work.

Good news is the spare has never been used and was kept properly covered and maintained, and the rears are in pretty good shape and should easily last another 10k, so only had to order one.

 

[CherokeeLiberty]

no holes, but it does look like the end was opened and taped up...that's sus, as the kids these days say

Mine got dropped and the shaft shot right out the end. In my case, Jegs sent a new one out right away.