2000 cherokee questions
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2000 cherokee questions
Found a 2000 xj in good shape an older guy owns seems to have been maintained its whole life I can see the front rockers are getting pretty bad but what concerns me most is that it's the coil style inline 6 an he said it has the original head on it an it's never cracked or leaked anything I think he said it has 205xxx think its worth looking into to daily drive /light trail
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Found a 2000 xj in good shape an older guy owns seems to have been maintained its whole life I can see the front rockers are getting pretty bad but what concerns me most is that it's the coil style inline 6 an he said it has the original head on it an it's never cracked or leaked anything I think he said it has 205xxx think its worth looking into to daily drive /light trail
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Year: 1998
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Thanks for the input guys is it harder to lift these newer ones I know there were shuttle differences in body but is the suspension the same? I plan on going threw it during the summer an would like to give it a 4in lift an some other goodies
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I've never gotten car fax before does it cost anything to get an it pretty clean tiny bits of rust on the rockers if I get I'm gonna bed liner the bottom I'll have to ask um what's all been done to it maintenance wise he was semi vage on telling me what been done
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Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Same year and color as mine. I lifted mine 4.5 inch. Only problem was my control arm bolts came lose. Wobbled the hole out and I got the death wobble. Other hen that it was a breeze
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The 00-01 used a low pinion dana 30 in the front and it has a funky y pipe with 2 cats from the exhaust manifold back.The rest of the xjs had a normal down pipe and a high pinion dana 30.
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This may sound like a really dumb question but what's the difference between high low pinion axles?
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Year: 1995
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Engine: 4.0 with all of the noise and clatter
The high pinion offers better ground clearance because the pinion is higher. It's also about 30% stronger because of the reverse cut gears. The low pinion axle has the pinion gear lower on the pumpkin. Less ground clearance and weaker.