Pete M Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 um, thanks? there are no bad Jeeps, only bad owners who put angry eyes and lightbars on them before doing any preventative maintenance. and bad bean counters who put bad transmissions in them. can't remember if I added this update or not but the alternator smelled like burning electronics so I swapped it out with the one from my spare drivetrain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted November 24, 2020 Author Share Posted November 24, 2020 oh, and I scored a pile of spare parts from a junkyard CRD including front shafts (which are not shared with v6 KJs) and wheelbearings so I can finally figure out what the whirring noise is at 45-50mph. (also a turbo and computers and other little parts but I don't need those as soon) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted November 25, 2020 Share Posted November 25, 2020 as soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted November 26, 2020 Author Share Posted November 26, 2020 happy birthday to the Libby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted November 27, 2020 Share Posted November 27, 2020 so you get new stickers for birthday..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted November 27, 2020 Author Share Posted November 27, 2020 she's getting replacement wheelbearings for her b-day this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted November 28, 2020 Share Posted November 28, 2020 can't go wrong there. i need to do that on my ford and get my 4x4 working again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 suddenly getting a weird bad vibration in reverse. upon closer inspection the front shaft moves up when shifted into reverse waaaay more than it moves down when shifted into drive. I think one of my front diff mounts has died, but I'll do a more thorough look-see when I finally get around to swapping out the wheelbearings and shafts. I think I gotta get mom's car in working order first though (the bushigns I ordered have finally arrived). and that won't happen until after I get the wood stove installed. I'll get to my baby... eventually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjeff87 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 Check that rzeppa joint on the front DS. If you see a ring of grease flung all around the floorboard above it, she's toast. Easily rebuildable, but kind of a pita to get all the bolts out on the TC end to drop the shaft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 I already swapped out my old one for a different old one in better shape. this is most definitely the front diff rising and falling more than I feel it should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjeff87 Posted December 15, 2020 Share Posted December 15, 2020 I don't even know where the differential bushings are on these things, lol. I should probably crawl under mine and figure that out at some point. I seriously only drive mine 1X per week....and thats only if the weather is nice on the day I decide to drive it. I'm having too much fun (and saving so much gas) driving the Focus as a DD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted December 15, 2020 Author Share Posted December 15, 2020 the one I'm thinking of is on the drivers side and from what I can gather isn't made anymore. I do have a spare though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 6 hours ago, Pete M said: suddenly getting a weird bad vibration in reverse. upon closer inspection the front shaft moves up when shifted into reverse waaaay more than it moves down when shifted into drive. I think one of my front diff mounts has died, but I'll do a more thorough look-see when I finally get around to swapping out the wheelbearings and shafts. I think I gotta get mom's car in working order first though (the bushigns I ordered have finally arrived). and that won't happen until after I get the wood stove installed. I'll get to my baby... eventually. Solid axle swap time! no sense in making your daily driver a wheeling rig though. At least until you get a daily driveable MJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted December 16, 2020 Author Share Posted December 16, 2020 1 minute ago, 89 MJ said: Solid axle swap time! no sense in making your daily driver a wheeling rig though. At least until you get a daily driveable MJ. just drop off that pallet of money and I'll get right on it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
89 MJ Posted December 16, 2020 Share Posted December 16, 2020 Just now, Pete M said: just drop off that pallet of money and I'll get right on it If I had a pallet of money and had time to drop it off, you could bet you a$$ I’d be helping you build it too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 old on the left. new old on the right. both are shot but the new one is juuuuust better enough I guess. vibration has stopped when in reverse. if it happens again I'm injecting urethane into the voids to make a solid unit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 do they not have new parts for that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 nope. the supply ran dry many years ago. and no aftermarket company has stepped up yet. CRDs may be rare, but Libertys are not. it's a bit puzzling to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 i smell a money making opportunity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jesse J Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 making stuff like that is something I want to get into in the future Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 4 minutes ago, MiNi Beast said: i smell a money making opportunity. I thought that too, but haven't yet been able to find an off the self bushing that fits. eventually I'm going to press out the rotted bushing and get an accurate dimension. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 i was thinking of a uniball flex joint.. rebuild able and should work well Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted January 1, 2021 Author Share Posted January 1, 2021 it's purely vibration absorption, there's no real flex involved (or at least there shouldn't be as it's just a mount for the differential). the most common fix (aside from a random junkyard part that just happens to be a bit better) is to remove the bushing and cast the whole thing in urethane. not as absorbent but works all the same to hold up the diff. the problem I was having with the old is the rubber at the top was crushing so much that the diff was rising up and contacting the engine, causing a bad vibration. come to think of it, this issue may not even happen in the v6 KJs. that would explain why I found it hard to get opinions on what to do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiNi Beast Posted January 1, 2021 Share Posted January 1, 2021 reminds me of uca mount on d30. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete M Posted February 27, 2021 Author Share Posted February 27, 2021 don't think I shared a pic of the subwoofer's new home. tucked behind the rear seat. I feel bad for guys that think they can only get bass with a giant dual 12" box eating up all their cargo space. buy quality and feed it all the power it can handle. that's my beloved Solo Baric in there. 8" of furious aggression turning hundreds and hundreds of watts into glorious door thumping. first used in my '88 MJ back in ~'98. then moved to my Dakota, then the minivan, and then stored for the last bunch of years. oh how I have missed you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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