Is there a difference between these:

and these:

http://www.hescosc.com/products/7735...8#.VHsyDzHF-0d

besides price?

I have an 89 cherokee, and bolts that say they are specific to a pre 96 cherokee are a lot more expensive than post 96 cherokee, but is there any actual difference between the two?

 

Doing a quick search came up with this:

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/f...bolts-1086071/

It may be that RENIX era engines were not TTY bolts and used hex head rather than 12 point heads.

I also noticed the head bolts are available on eBay.

cruiser54 is the resident expert on RENIX Jeeps. I wonder what he will say.

 

He would say what I'm going to tell you:

Get ARP bolts. Don't cheap out.

 

This makes sense, but leaves me wondering, with same head gasket as the newer ones, can't RENIX owners use newer head bolt sets?

 

Well that is a good question. I would like to know before I have to rebuild my RENIX engine.

I guess I wouldn't have been concerned about using ARP bolts.