darkoverlift

On a scale of 1-10 and 10 being are you nuts answer this.


I have new Heavy Duty Leaf Spring from Quadratec. I have the factory jack and limited hand tools. (May run to harbor freight to get a socket or two more if you tell me the sizes. I am out of town on a new job and all my stuff is at home 993 miles away)

Can 1, yes 1, man do it within reason by themselves without being superman?

89cherokeelimited

Gonna be hard but could be done. I would PB blast the bolts for a couple days before though otherwise those bolts will be really hard

AWOL

I agree.. Soak those for a few days and see what happens. I would find something to get under your XJ for extra support besides just the factory jack. You don't want it falling on you as your trying to free those bolts.

OverlandZJ

I'd wait till you got it home with your tools. Not easy lifting an axle and bolting to the springs with one factory jack..

I doubt you could manage to lift it far enough to get jackstands under the frame.

89cherokeelimited

Ya I gotta say i would agree here... If you have more tools at home wait but 3 or 4 days before you go home soak the bolts with PB blaster and by the time you get home they should come off a whole lot better

darkoverlift

won't have my tools till june

Tural

try jacking the frame up just to relieve stress. don't lift the tire off the ground, or it will stress the leafs the opposite way. but i don't think i would do it without a jackstand. you'll probably need a breaker bar and a bucket of pb. good luck...

fallenknight308

Nope, not possible, not gonna happen, no way, no how!
...................lol........jk
I know first hand the evils of not having the right tool for a project
Easy route: wait to have all the right tools at your disposal.
Fubar route:.........well
Better to have two sets of jack stands, one set for frame to get'er in the air,
and the other to support the axle so it doesn't go dropping on your foot or something.
Your going to HF? buy the jackstands, and the $70 auto jack and your set

posjeepxj

Go to the bar and make a buddy with tools. or try and find a fellow jeeper here on forum and see if he'll help ya out

Tural

X2. that's wisdom son. can't buy it in a bottle.

posjeepxj

PB blaster is good. I bet you can get the shackle end. The other end usually takes some work. pb, heat, lots of beer, heat, breaker bar, heat, hammer, more beer, breaker bar, heat, ahh **** it cut the bolt, extract was left or weld a new nut on the inside after cutting the backside of the unibody rail.

or it might just pop out. never know till you try

nickl

Buy a jack & stands at Walmart & then return them after, LOL.

LittleXJ

if you have anytroble with them bolts use a extended handel and what i mean is get a 1/2 put it on get a long tube stick 1 end on the ratchet and give it a go if it dosnt go on 1st or 2nd put no more you might break the bold just my $0.02

it helped me taking off old bolts that have been on since 1994

89cherokeelimited

X2

I would deff try to get some more jack stands atleast for the project and then ya don't need them anymore lo