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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 11:01 PM
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Im going to be cleaning my NSS on my 98 XJ this weekend and i want to make sure i do it right and not to break anything. Any tips??
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Old Jul 17, 2012 | 11:09 PM
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heres a link to a step by step its pretty easy and can be done in under an hour

http://www.bc4x4.com/tech/2010/jeep-...ty-switch-nss/
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Old Jul 18, 2012 | 12:09 AM
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One thing you may want to do that isn't mentioned in that writeup is to re-tension the springs. Gently stretch them to make them just a bit longer to restore pressure on the contacts.
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Old Jul 18, 2012 | 11:46 PM
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ok great thanks. that will definitly help. hope this goes well. ive heard of people breakign them while trying to clean them and im guessing thats when they are trying to get it off or the trany.
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Old Jul 19, 2012 | 12:08 AM
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That's the writeup i used as well, i also stretched the springs too. Mine is a 98 as well.
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Old Jul 24, 2012 | 10:52 PM
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yay! i have back up lights now! haha the write up worked great. took about an hour. i forgot to take pictures till i was almost done other wise i would of shown you how dirty it was. works great now. thanks for all the help
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