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Offline reptile610

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Re: xj lower control arm
« Reply #60 on: June 20, 2009, 11:57:32 PM »
well i need ur # again cause i never saved it but talking to roger more i think im just going to replace both axle shafts because they're a cheap fix. if u wanna help me out tomorrow i'll glady use the help.
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Re: xj lower control arm
« Reply #61 on: June 21, 2009, 12:28:17 AM »
Quote from: reptile610 on June 20, 2009, 11:57:32 PM
well i need ur # again cause i never saved it but talking to roger more i think im just going to replace both axle shafts because they're a cheap fix. if u wanna help me out tomorrow i'll glady use the help.

Ujoints aren't very expensive, but the job is time consuming. You need to have someone turn the wheels back and forth while you're watching the ujoints to see if they have any play in them or at least inspect them before you go changing things out.
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Re: xj lower control arm
« Reply #62 on: June 21, 2009, 12:31:00 AM »
yeah aslong as paul can help me it should work since he knows what he's looking for. maybe i'll get lucky and it'll just be a tie rod or something.
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Re: xj lower control arm
« Reply #63 on: June 21, 2009, 02:27:05 PM »
Quote from: reptile610 on June 21, 2009, 12:31:00 AM
yeah aslong as paul can help me it should work since he knows what he's looking for. maybe i'll get lucky and it'll just be a tie rod or something.
i'm hit today, being fathers day and all.  but i have the garage set up if you want to come out any day this week.  if you can send me a txt 1st 860-538-3849
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Re: xj lower control arm
« Reply #64 on: June 21, 2009, 05:30:29 PM »
Quote from: reptile610 on June 21, 2009, 12:31:00 AM
yeah aslong as paul can help me it should work since he knows what he's looking for. maybe i'll get lucky and it'll just be a tie rod or something.

U-joints are cheaper then Tie Rods.  If it is a tie rod, locate a V8 ZJ in a wrecking yard, and get that set up instead of sinking $$ into the stock stuff.  If it is U-joints, Alloy USA can't be beat and call Northridge for the best price.  If you need U-joints NOW, go to autozone and get the Duralast Golds, they have a lifetime warranty, but no grease fittings.  If it is a unit bearing, order it from www.roakauto.com, a lot cheaper then any place I have ever found. 

If you are going to pull the axle shafts for U-joints, I also recommend outer axle seals.  Northridge had them for $60, but check ebay also.  They are a lot of work to put back in later. 

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Re: xj lower control arm
« Reply #65 on: June 21, 2009, 06:49:39 PM »
hah thats very true. but now what do those seals do for me?
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Re: xj lower control arm
« Reply #66 on: June 21, 2009, 07:57:23 PM »
Quote from: reptile610 on June 21, 2009, 06:49:39 PM
hah thats very true. but now what do those seals do for me?

they keep dirt out of the housing.
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Re: xj lower control arm
« Reply #67 on: June 22, 2009, 01:09:15 AM »
Quote from: PaulW on June 21, 2009, 07:57:23 PM
Quote from: reptile610 on June 21, 2009, 06:49:39 PM
hah thats very true. but now what do those seals do for me?

Right now you have a plastic disc that does little more then keep good size pebbles out of the axle housing.
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Re: xj lower control arm
« Reply #68 on: June 22, 2009, 01:30:50 AM »
Quote from: kirksjeep on June 22, 2009, 01:09:15 AM
Quote from: PaulW on June 21, 2009, 07:57:23 PM
Quote from: reptile610 on June 21, 2009, 06:49:39 PM
hah thats very true. but now what do those seals do for me?

Right now you have a plastic disc that does little more then keep good size pebbles out of the axle housing.

ya what he said
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Re: xj lower control arm
« Reply #69 on: June 22, 2009, 03:00:31 PM »
and they keep the fluid in the housing to. just as important. no fluid = bad day
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« Reply #70 on: June 23, 2009, 03:10:37 PM »
Quote from: Swagger on June 22, 2009, 03:00:31 PM
and they keep the fluid in the housing to. just as important. no fluid = bad day

nope the inner axle seals keep fluid in the housing, the outers just keep dirt out.
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Re: xj lower control arm
« Reply #71 on: June 24, 2009, 04:44:12 PM »
Alrighty then..... i stand corrected :o
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Re: xj lower control arm
« Reply #72 on: June 24, 2009, 06:04:05 PM »
Quote from: Swagger on June 24, 2009, 04:44:12 PM
Alrighty then..... i stand corrected :o

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Re: xj lower control arm
« Reply #73 on: June 25, 2009, 02:31:24 AM »
we know. we suffer to.
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Re: xj lower control arm
« Reply #74 on: June 25, 2009, 02:41:29 AM »
does that mean i should stop posting?
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