I was considering that tire until I found my MOAB rims. I really wanted this wheel so I went with 265 duratracs. Very happy with them.
What did you do to your TJ today?
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I was considering that tire until I found my MOAB rims. I really wanted this wheel so I went with 265 duratracs. Very happy with them.
Your Jeep was a definite inspiration.
I can't believe how much different TJs look with hard top vs soft top. This is the same Jeep in both photosh. I'veI really fallen for the soft top. Wish I could run it all year!
See, I'm the opposite... I dislike the look (and noise) of the soft top. I run the hard top or no top at all. Sold my soft top years ago!
It's all relative. My other car (1999 Mazda Protege) has waaay more cabin noise than even the soft top. After driving that for years, I simply do not mind the soft top at all. I really enjoyed using it this spring and summer. I need to replace those damn straps connecting the bows before I put it back next year.
I contemplated not changing tops but then I remembered how much rain we get haha. I like the ritual as well, sort of like how I bring out my favorite sweatshirt for fall/winter. Plus this way, when I put the soft top back on, it'll feel even sweeter.
When do you typically put your top back on, @Chris? Do you drive your TJ a lot in the winter or use your Subaru for the most part?
Just think how happy you'll be to take off the hard top in the spring, and run that soft top again. I've been doing that twice yearly top swap ritual for years, and I love it. Hard top in the winter, soft top in spring, summer, and fall. I look forward to both swaps each year. It makes me appreciate both types of top.
I too like the look of the soft top more, but the hard top is also classy looking. Plus quieter, and more secure. I only lock my TJ when I have the hard top on.
2.5" lift with Fabtech springs, Bilstein 5100 shocks, Savvy Johnny Joint control arms.
Not the best of pics and not sure if they show anything useful. I took them the other day for posting in the thread with discussion on the adjustable front track bar but forgot to post there. Let me know if you want to see anything more specific.
In the Summer I take the top and doors off and never drive it without the top unless there is a 0% chance of rain. In the Fall I put the top and doors back on (the hard top I mean) and leave it that way until usual mid-Spring.
I don't drive it as much in the Winter though to be honest, just because we usually end up driving our other car. In a way, the TJ has become somewhat of a sunny weather vehicle!
Gotcha. Mine won't be a daily driver but I definitely plan to use it this winter (hoping to do a trip to Crater Lake for sure, never seen it in wintertime other than photos). That's why I started the other thread on winter prep to see what other folks do.
Do you do do anything specific since your Jeep will be sitting for a while unused? e.g., put battery on a trickle charger etc? I'm guessing you have a heated garage. I've never really had two cars before, so not sure what's the best protocol if you don't use one car much during winter, even something like ours where we don't get much snow but it still gets down to the 20s at times.
No heated garage, though it is always garaged. I have a trickle charger I keep the battery on, but other than that I don’t do anything other than go start it up every week and let it run for 10 minutes and get up to operating temp. I’ve done that forever and never had an issue. If I were going to let it sit longer than 3 months and never start it at all, then I might do other things, but that never happens.
Keeping it garaged is already a big benefit alone!
You should go back in with a torque wrench and tighten them to factory or manufacturer specifications. Having them tightened "as much as you could" can lead to wallowing of the holes and death wobble.
Not today, but Friday afternoon I changed my oil. Shell Rotella 10W-30 with a Mopar MO-090 filter. Vs my wifes Jetta, the jeep takes roughly 30 min to change and thats because I let it drain for while. I changed the oil on her Jetta two weeks ago and it took me damn near 3 hours. 15 bolts to remove a skid plate, then the dealership had hulk tighten the old filter on, have to jack it up in order to get a drain pan under there...ugh.
I fixed an annoying squeak that was coming from the back of the Jeep every time the rear wheels hit a bump. It was just loud enough to notice, but not loud enough to be the first thing on my to do list.
I figured it was some part of the hard top, maybe the rear window frame, but I was wrong.
A couple weeks ago I swapped out my old, cracked body mounts for new rubber. But when I got to the top halves of the mounts next to the rear shocks, I couldn't get them out right away because I didn't have the tub lifted high enough. The wood blocks I was using between jack and tub would only fit near the front. I needed to move the jack to the rear of the tub, but had to find something else to stack on it and I was short on time. So I left those two old top mounts in place and bolted everything back up.
Yesterday, I finally got around to getting those last two body mount halves. With the jack at the back of the tub, I easily got the extra 1/4" I needed to pull out the old mounts and drop in the new rubber.
And when I drove the Jeep out of the garage, the squeak was gone!
Given the discussion we just had about NVH, I should have guessed it was that body mount.
I figured it was some part of the hard top, maybe the rear window frame, but I was wrong.
A couple weeks ago I swapped out my old, cracked body mounts for new rubber. But when I got to the top halves of the mounts next to the rear shocks, I couldn't get them out right away because I didn't have the tub lifted high enough. The wood blocks I was using between jack and tub would only fit near the front. I needed to move the jack to the rear of the tub, but had to find something else to stack on it and I was short on time. So I left those two old top mounts in place and bolted everything back up.
Yesterday, I finally got around to getting those last two body mount halves. With the jack at the back of the tub, I easily got the extra 1/4" I needed to pull out the old mounts and drop in the new rubber.
And when I drove the Jeep out of the garage, the squeak was gone!
Given the discussion we just had about NVH, I should have guessed it was that body mount.
Ditch
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Hoping to replace my rear driveshaft ujoints today while in replacing the pinion seal and yoke, I’m worried about getting the new yoke in tight enough, I read that you can mess it up if it’s not in the same as the old., should I do the yoke with my basic tools or have a mechanic do the rear yoke?
Ditch
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Mine was doing the same thing , the rear ujoint is bad, and one of the ujoint retaining tabs on my yoke is missing..
theRealCrazy
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Today i found a way to remove a stubborn door from its hinges. I'm sure others have done this.
I removed the door hinge 13mm nuts and both doors were stuck.
I used some leftover 2 x stock as a platform for the bottom of the door.
I used Kroil and motor oil massaged into the hinge joints.
Alli had to do was swing the door back and forth 4 to 5 inches and the door worked itself loose within a couple minutes.
I used the Jeep's weight to act as a reverse press, easily removing the stuck hinge pins.
I removed the door hinge 13mm nuts and both doors were stuck.
I used some leftover 2 x stock as a platform for the bottom of the door.
I used Kroil and motor oil massaged into the hinge joints.
Alli had to do was swing the door back and forth 4 to 5 inches and the door worked itself loose within a couple minutes.
I used the Jeep's weight to act as a reverse press, easily removing the stuck hinge pins.
She has 187k on the 2.5l. Turns out, the oil leak was just old nasty oil trapped in the bellhousing. I guess firing it up made it work it's way out. Thank god! I ran it more tonight and not a drop! Woot!
Tim
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