Some photos from a fire road I found last weekend, and then a replacement of the u-joints and centering yoke on my front driveshaft today. It was making quite a bit of noise.
Austin's 98 TJ
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Jeep was feeling a bit more wobbly than usual, checked sway bar links and one of the bolts was missing. Instead of getting a new bolt, I changed to cotter pins for quick disconnects
Didn’t mean for my tire rotation and oil change to turn into a full day ordeal, but that somehow had to happen of course... Lug nut stripped on the stud and just spun. A few hours later with lots of hammering and drilling and it finally all came apart:
I feel you. I changed my oil Monday evening thinking oh I have a few minutes let’s knock it out! Drained my oil, replaced my filter and proceeded to twist my oil filler cap off leaving the base in the valve cover lol.
That's how my Jeep came when I bought it from my sister.
I'm guessing my BIL had that experience and passed it to me.
Been there, done that! I've never had that happen on a vehicle before. Leave it to Jeep to screw up an oil filler cap!
MountaineerTom
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Mine did it too in 2018. Replaced it with a non-ratcheting Stant cap.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000B8LKSW?tag=wranglerorg-20
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000B8LKSW?tag=wranglerorg-20
I'm pretty sure I found an old post you made here, and I ended up buying that cap as a spare for when this replacement OEM cap that I got fails in the future. So, thanks for posting that previously! I'm now gonna like that old post and the one just above this one!
New tires! BFG KO2 31s
Replaced my driver side wheel bearing after it started making noises, I’ve had the parts ready for a while but was waiting for it to give up. Should’ve been quick but a stripped bolt slowed it down by many days. I bought a spiral bolt extractor kit for it which I did not have faith in but it ended up working well!
I am waiting on a new bolt to come before I can drive again…
Replaced my driver side wheel bearing after it started making noises, I’ve had the parts ready for a while but was waiting for it to give up. Should’ve been quick but a stripped bolt slowed it down by many days. I bought a spiral bolt extractor kit for it which I did not have faith in but it ended up working well!
I am waiting on a new bolt to come before I can drive again…
I found the source of vibrations I’ve been having while accelerating for the past couple months… (after checking various other things)
Replaced both rear driveshaft u-joints and it’s all fixed now. This was by far the easiest u-joint replacement I’ve had yet, no problems at all.
Replaced both rear driveshaft u-joints and it’s all fixed now. This was by far the easiest u-joint replacement I’ve had yet, no problems at all.
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