What did you do to your Cherokee today?
07-21-2014, 02:55 PM
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Year: 1999
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Engine: 4.0L OBD-II
Don't forget heat and PB Blaster are useless if you're not applying them to where the bolt actually threads in. If you've just been spraying and heating the heat not much is happening lol.
07-21-2014, 03:23 PM
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Year: 1989
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Engine: I6 4.0
I've been using my 2' bar with a pipe on the end. I've soaked the bolt, bushings and all inside the access hole in the bottom of the frame. (Thanks search for that useful piece of info.) I've heated everything but to no luck. Also it's not my gas so I'm not trying to use all of it on my roommate.
07-21-2014, 03:37 PM
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I think I wound up using a jack to break those bolts loose lol. I don't recommend the grinder method unless you're ready to weld a new nut inside the frame.
07-21-2014, 04:03 PM
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Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
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I've been using my 2' bar with a pipe on the end. I've soaked the bolt, bushings and all inside the access hole in the bottom of the frame. (Thanks search for that useful piece of info.) I've heated everything but to no luck. Also it's not my gas so I'm not trying to use all of it on my roommate.
I also took my rear shocks out, breaking all 4 upper bolts, as I expected
My shackles were in pretty bad shape too
07-21-2014, 05:38 PM
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07-21-2014, 05:46 PM
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07-21-2014, 06:29 PM
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Year: 1993 YJ Wrangler
Engine: 4.0 I6
Snapped the front shaft at Rausch Creek on Saturday. Snapped the rear yoke at Rausch Creek today. Kuzican is going home to get his tow dolly.
07-21-2014, 06:31 PM
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07-21-2014, 07:26 PM
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watoga state park wv. Camping with the family had to stop at an over look to stretch.
07-21-2014, 08:14 PM
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Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Got most of my steering for my WJ swap this weekend. 1.50x.250 dom steering, over the axle tbar mount, heims for the tbar, jks spacers, goferit inserts and all my weld in bungs. Just waiting on my teraflex offset 1 ton tie rod ends and then will order my brakes
07-21-2014, 09:40 PM
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I got the pass side main eye and shackle bolts out about 1" or so then they just spin. The dr shackle just spins. I think the nut broke off the welds. Dr eye came out about 1/2" but rounded off. 
Seems like I got another long day tomorrow. Good thing I'm on vaca all week
Seems like I got another long day tomorrow. Good thing I'm on vaca all week
07-21-2014, 10:14 PM
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Attached a front driveshaft, adjusted my boostwerks shift linkage, bleed the MC and the rest of brake system.
Then my dad said we should go test it out, took it to a local spot, got it dirty. My brakes don't work quite right. I don't know if I still have air in the lines or my rears need adjusted but my brakes don't work quite right. They stop me, but there's a delay and I have to push down quite far. Like I lost pressure.
Oh and my tcase doesn't shift right. Couldn't get it to go in anything at one point. It was like stuck in neutral. Had to drive it home while holding it in 4hi. I'm assuming the linkage needs adjusted further. I dunno.
Edit: well apparently the attachments did load, I flexed it out after bleeding the brakes. Lol.
Then my dad said we should go test it out, took it to a local spot, got it dirty. My brakes don't work quite right. I don't know if I still have air in the lines or my rears need adjusted but my brakes don't work quite right. They stop me, but there's a delay and I have to push down quite far. Like I lost pressure.
Oh and my tcase doesn't shift right. Couldn't get it to go in anything at one point. It was like stuck in neutral. Had to drive it home while holding it in 4hi. I'm assuming the linkage needs adjusted further. I dunno.
Edit: well apparently the attachments did load, I flexed it out after bleeding the brakes. Lol.