HATTY333

Hey guys i need help please!!! I have 95 2 door xj and where the steering column comes through the fire wall what ever part was there to stabilize the column is not there anymore lol. This is my weekend rockcrawler not a daily driver. Does anybody no what this part is called and how to change it? Thanks in advance.

Hatty333

RatchetMaster10

I will look at my xj in the morning and get back to ya

HATTY333

Ok thank i really appreciate it.

tgordon

HTH
Did a bit of searching for you and found some info here:
http://www.4wd.com/hardparts/HP_PartList.aspx?hpDID=246
Does yours look like this

HATTY333

Yes it sure does but i didn't see a marker on the part where column goes through the firewall. And thanks for diggin that up

MossyXJ

the part right before 11?

Lowrange2

What do you mean it's missing? It's a flange with a couple bolts that bolts directly to the firewall...?

This is an old one but there's nothing that comes apart...

HATTY333

Yes it's the part right before 11. The last time i went wheeling i came off a ledge and it popped. Then the steering started bounceing around and popping when i turned it to far. So i guess i broke that flange huh?

tgordon

That is the old style/design. It had the Toe Plate flange.
He has the new style/design that does not have the Toe Plate flange.
Not sure when Jeep made the change.

JeepCoMJ

if his is a 95, then that diagram is 100% incorrect. that is a 97-01 diagram.

tgordon

When I read it was a rockcrawler I thought it might have been FrankenJeeped.
Just checking to see which he has.
If he has the one with the flange and it broke off, where did it go?
Would have fell on the floor, no. But I think if, "The last time i went wheeling i came off a ledge and it popped." more than the flange sould be messed up.
The question I have is what column is in the veh?

JeepCoMJ

95-96 were chrapco columns, but not the same as the 97+

the column base is plastic and could be broken off easy.

HATTY333

My steering column is still factory i have not changed it in anyway. It does not look anything like the one in the picture but looks about the same as the one in the diagram. From what i can see from the engine compartment it looks like the piece is plastic. I have not had a chance to look under the dash and see what that looks like but i will look tonight. Thanks

JeepCoMJ

It's not even close to the one in the diagram unless you have a97 and up dash. The tilt mechanism in gotta is in the upper column rather than at the mounts, and your air bag is non electronic.

HATTY333

Ok sorry it's not as close as i thought. Also on mine there is another knuckle right outside the firewall.