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What did you do to your TJ today?
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Moog
Just "finished" a 2 year long one-ton swap. Feels like a huge weight off my shoulders đź«©
Hennep87
TJ Enthusiast
Installed my rear view camera and my sensors..
not a big fan of the view of the camera. Maybe I can adjust a bit more, otherwise I will get a different one.
not a big fan of the view of the camera. Maybe I can adjust a bit more, otherwise I will get a different one.
We are new at this and I'm having a hard time finding the door window and hardware. We have no top and I like the look of yours and wonder if you can give me a link to the door windows please?
I underestimated the time and effort it would take the first time I did ball joints. What a PITA it turned out to be.
I would've been able to do it pretty quick if I didn't build a whole new frame and a bunch of custom aluminum work. It'll be well worth it though.
Put a spacer behind it.
CJ with a TJ
TJ Enthusiast
Oil change and new spark plugs. Formulated a plan of attack to remove the snapped rear upper shock bolts. Also cleaned up the engine bay a bit, was getting a bit grimey.
Hennep87
TJ Enthusiast
Yeah I want to stretch and do tons at the same time. I wish I had a space where I could start it and not have to put it back together.
Not if you use a "nice" one - make it look like it belongs there...
I used an air chisel on mine and they popped right out. Using these (bar pin flag nuts) makes things much easier in the future. You just have to bend them a little for a TJ.
CJ with a TJ
TJ Enthusiast
I watched the video with the guy with the Dremel and 90° adapter. Giving that a shot, then dropping fresh bolts in.... hopefully.
Gerty21
Member
Replaced ball joints, tie rod ends, adjusting sleeves, and drag link two weekends ago, along with replacing both knuckles. Then replaced front shocks this past weekend. Proceeded to break all the rear shock bolts Monday night when pulling the rear shocks. Oh well.
Cut access windows in the tub last night to get at the snapped rear upper shock bolts. Planning to Dremmel and chisel the welded nuts out tonight and then decide whether to just use lock nuts or try a bar pin flag nut kit. Also took off the rusted out rear tail gate to prep for replacing it this weekend.
All shocks on the new to me 2006 X were original, and falling apart. Road salt is just brutal on steel, particularly those small 13mm fasteners, front hub bolts were a joy to get off but satisfying once they broke free. Rear shock bolts broke with pretty minimal force and after a week of being soaked with penetrant.
Haven't worked on a Jeep since the early 1990's when a buddy did a restoration on a '77 CJ7. TJ's are almost equally fun to work on and forums like this one are fantastic resources. Kinda miss scouring Chilton's manuals, but tips gleaned here and on YouTube have saved a ton of time.
Cut access windows in the tub last night to get at the snapped rear upper shock bolts. Planning to Dremmel and chisel the welded nuts out tonight and then decide whether to just use lock nuts or try a bar pin flag nut kit. Also took off the rusted out rear tail gate to prep for replacing it this weekend.
All shocks on the new to me 2006 X were original, and falling apart. Road salt is just brutal on steel, particularly those small 13mm fasteners, front hub bolts were a joy to get off but satisfying once they broke free. Rear shock bolts broke with pretty minimal force and after a week of being soaked with penetrant.
Haven't worked on a Jeep since the early 1990's when a buddy did a restoration on a '77 CJ7. TJ's are almost equally fun to work on and forums like this one are fantastic resources. Kinda miss scouring Chilton's manuals, but tips gleaned here and on YouTube have saved a ton of time.
Welcome! Now that the weather is finally reasonable here in the mitten, I'm ramping up the schedule of TJ repairs. This forum is an internet anomaly, the signal to noise ratio is skewed way towards helpful, good info.
Mudflat
TJ Enthusiast
You can get the Rugged Ridge upper half door frames and the Bestop skins. This is what I did for my trail doors. It isn't cheaper than finding them on Marketplace, but they are all brand new and tight.
Frames:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B003AOPCB0?tag=wranglerorg-20
Skins:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000VLC7X6?tag=wranglerorg-20
An air chisel would've saved you a lot of work. You knock them loose from below. Why did you cut an access hole if you're going to Dremel the welded nuts off? You can reach them if you have a BL. If you don't, you could've loosened the body mounts and raised the tub up enough to reach them.
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