lifted1994xj

I am going to be installing my sye kit this weekend its the advance adapters one. I know you can do it in the jeep but does it make it a lot easier to take it out and do it on a bench any advice would be helpful.

89eliminator

the instructions are very easy to follow. pulling the case made it way easier plus it was the first time i've ever done one. i think you "could" do it while still in the jeep, but i'd pull it.

rweaver138

yea def pull it. will make it much easier

TheNerd

I have done 1 in the Jeep and 1 on the bench. To be honest, if you don't need to switch out the input gear, doing it in the jeep is not very hard... you just are working from your back...

MasterShakeXJ

mine was done with the case still in the jeep. i was not the one doing the bulk of the work but i helped, and from what i saw and did it wasn't too bad. might be easier to do it on a bench, but some also might not want to have to pull the case and put it back in

ktmracer419

every sye i did was in the jeep. it's cake. don't let the instructions fool you. my first sye took me about an hour.

lifted1994xj

I was looking today and found a vid on youtube of a guy doing his still installed on is wrangler so i think i will just leave it in and if i get half way and gets to hard with it in the jeep i will pull it. Thanks for all the input!

lifted1994xj

I was just looking at the instructions and i was wondering do you need a press to press out the needle bearings in one of the sprockets or can you just use a hammer and a punch or something like that?

01LimitedXJ

here is my install of the porc sye, scroll down a bit to see:
https://www.cherokeeforum.com/f59/ne...-10917/index3/

abodyjoe

while the case is apart is it wise to change the chain also? mine has 200K miles on it.. and want to know if its something i should do.

SeriousOffroad

At 200k...yes.

abodyjoe

ok cool.. that will go on the list.. just dropping the t case for now. have to replenish the xj fund and then i'll order the SYE kit.