Az87xj

You gonna pick up your rearend too its not a big deal either way

Az87xj

ok so my 87 wont stop squeaking ive replaced the idile pullie and check everyone to see if the was any bindage and the only one the squeaks is the alt and i dont want to spend the 100+ bucks and it not work any ideas on how to test if its that or not.

96twiggyxj

Belt misalignment. . . . Tighten bolts. . .

Az87xj

Nope tried that

96twiggyxj

Could it be another pulley misaligned that's causing the alt for squeal??

mike mike

Check your harmonic balancer. Their known to be a problem on 4.0. The pulley and inner part should be flush on the front side. Had the pulley move back about a 1/16th of an inch on one and the edge of the belt rubbed on the lip of the pulley squealed like hell.

Az87xj

Ok so i was pulling into work this morning and one of my technicians wanted to look at my jeep and he pulled out a little hose and started going from pulley to pulley turns out its the FREAKING WATER PUMP!!!!!!!!!! POS was bad straight from the box

Az87xj

so does any have a step by step to replacing the water pump

96twiggyxj

Re: Water pumpreplacement, \'89 XJ

I'm pretty sure your 89 is the same setup as my 87. I have done it twice on mine already (the first pump was defective and went after about 15,000 miles) in the 3 years I have had it. It is pretty simple though. First, loosen the bolts holding the pulley on the water pump while you still have the belt in. Then, take out your air filter and unbolt and remove the airbox completely, this makes it much easier to get to the power steering pump bolts. After that, loosen the 3 bolts holding the power steering pump on, but don't remove them. Next, loosen the bolt on the lower right side of power steering pump to let the tension off the belt, remove the belt, and remove the pulley from the water pump. Now, take the hoses off the water pump (have a bucket ready), and remove the bolts holding the pump to the block and pull the pump out (you may need a few taps with a hammer). Then just clean off your gasket surfaces, put the new gasket on with some gasket sealer, and bolt everything back together and fill her up with some antifreeze. Should't take more than 2 maybe 3 hours tops. If you are at all leary of doing this, just pick up any Haynes of Chiltons manual, it has it all in there. Good luck, hope this helps.

1987 Cherokee 4.0L

96twiggyxj

Who is going Saturday?

10am box canyon. . Entering the 60 entrance

GenPatTuck

Not sure. I will check with a friend about that trip.

Az87xj

Deff going just fix the leaking last night now its time to tackel the squeaking tonight

Az87xj

Ive got two jeeps coming with me

Gossamer

By chance does anyone know of a good area to live in AZ? We are seriously thinking of moving down there. We are thinking of the flagstaff area. We don't want to live in Phx or areas that the summer heat is unbearable. This sounds dumb as well but any job leads would help... Thanks peeps

98_XJ Sport

I live in Flagstaff. There's lots of good trails and such, and you get 4 full seasons, not: hot,hot,hot,bearable. Its a pretty good place.