Bright Red 97 XJ Build
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From: Glen Ellyn, IL
Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 Inline 6
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Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 Inline 6
Finished up the drivers side today. Pain. In. The. ***. no room to cut or grind the box because of the fuel hose on one side and the leaf spring getting in the way on the other. Finally got it all mocked up and had to trim a decent chunk off the top plate for the hatch floor because it sat on top of the fuel hose wall. Got the shackle put together and greased, but not mounted yet.
Underneath the fuel hose is the bad rust I need to cut out and get new metal in.
Scratched the paint
also took the rear bumper off to get repainted, I rushed it the first time and it hasn't held up as good as the front bumper.
Underneath the fuel hose is the bad rust I need to cut out and get new metal in.
Scratched the paint
also took the rear bumper off to get repainted, I rushed it the first time and it hasn't held up as good as the front bumper.
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From: Glen Ellyn, IL
Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 Inline 6
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Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 Inline 6
Jeep's on all 4s and tightened down! Little hard for me to tell if it's lifted alittle more, but the squat is gone. Also repainted my rear bumper.
Pretty sure if I move back a hole I can get alittle more lift
Yes that's the driveshaft on the ground. I may or may not have tried to test drive without it.
Rushed painting in winter when I got the bumper and left the inside just primered and it started to rust. Sanded it down and layed a few coats of Krylon* rust enamel
AresFab plug
Pretty sure if I move back a hole I can get alittle more lift
Yes that's the driveshaft on the ground. I may or may not have tried to test drive without it.
Rushed painting in winter when I got the bumper and left the inside just primered and it started to rust. Sanded it down and layed a few coats of Krylon* rust enamel
AresFab plug
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From: Glen Ellyn, IL
Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 Inline 6
Nabbed this trail spare off of a nice '74 Bronco that came in. Just need to find a place to mount it because not even my own work will let me do it because it's 17 years old lol.
Almost new 35x12.50x15 TSL Super Swamper. Unfortunately with a DOT from 2000
Almost new 35x12.50x15 TSL Super Swamper. Unfortunately with a DOT from 2000
#894
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From: Glen Ellyn, IL
Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 Inline 6
Drilled out my flex joint and the bushing sleeve in the trackbar to 5/8 for a bigger bolt so hopefully bandaid the wobbles, but it had no effect. I might have to drill out the axle side to 3/4 because there's still a tiny bit of play and no one makes an 11/16 bolt.
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From: Glen Ellyn, IL
Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 Inline 6
Replaced the stock steering box spacer with the JCR one. Didn't help the wobbles.
Found this picture on Facebook
-Trackbar is tight.
-drag link is tight.
-TREs are decent and tight.
-Ball joints are new
-Steering box leaks and is sloppy in the steering wheel
- Unit bearings are good
-Tires are out of balance, but this was going on when I still had the 32s
-Never ran a stabilizer with the 1 ton steering and it was fine in the beginning.
Anyone else have input? I have the stock UCA still and the 3.5" RE super ride LCAs. The bushings in the LCAs are good. Could it be the UCAs? I'm going 3 link so I really don't want to spend $200 on a set of control arms, but I'll do what I have to to get it road worthy again.
Found this picture on Facebook
-Trackbar is tight.
-drag link is tight.
-TREs are decent and tight.
-Ball joints are new
-Steering box leaks and is sloppy in the steering wheel
- Unit bearings are good
-Tires are out of balance, but this was going on when I still had the 32s
-Never ran a stabilizer with the 1 ton steering and it was fine in the beginning.
Anyone else have input? I have the stock UCA still and the 3.5" RE super ride LCAs. The bushings in the LCAs are good. Could it be the UCAs? I'm going 3 link so I really don't want to spend $200 on a set of control arms, but I'll do what I have to to get it road worthy again.
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From: Glen Ellyn, IL
Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 Inline 6
I'll give it a shot. Looking into some decent, yet affordable uppers right now. Literally going through and replacing 1 thing after another until it's fixed.
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From: DFW
Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
So I had a wobble that would turn into DW if I stayed at that speed or if I was in a long turn.
I replaced a bunch of stuff as well. What finally fixed it was getting an alignment. I had been doing a driveway alignment with 1/8th inch toe in.
So after getting the alignment, no more vibes and drives great!
I replaced a bunch of stuff as well. What finally fixed it was getting an alignment. I had been doing a driveway alignment with 1/8th inch toe in.
So after getting the alignment, no more vibes and drives great!
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From: Glen Ellyn, IL
Year: 1997
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 Inline 6
So I had a wobble that would turn into DW if I stayed at that speed or if I was in a long turn.
I replaced a bunch of stuff as well. What finally fixed it was getting an alignment. I had been doing a driveway alignment with 1/8th inch toe in.
So after getting the alignment, no more vibes and drives great!
I replaced a bunch of stuff as well. What finally fixed it was getting an alignment. I had been doing a driveway alignment with 1/8th inch toe in.
So after getting the alignment, no more vibes and drives great!