Torque limiter sleeve 4.0 engine
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Torque limiter sleeve 4.0 engine
Hello folks. Need to find a source. For the torque limiter sleeve. Part # 53020598AB for the 4.0 liter valve cover of my 99 Jeep XJ
Was wondering why the cover was weeping.
Looks like I am missing them
Looks like it requires 15 pieces total and Chrysler/jeep is code NS3 no longer stocking item .
Anyone can point me other then some off shore location that will take 20 days to get and hope it's the right part.
Thanks
Greg
Was wondering why the cover was weeping.
Looks like I am missing them
Looks like it requires 15 pieces total and Chrysler/jeep is code NS3 no longer stocking item .
Anyone can point me other then some off shore location that will take 20 days to get and hope it's the right part.
Thanks
Greg
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Year: 1999
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Hello folks. Need to find a source. For the torque limiter sleeve. Part # 53020598AB for the 4.0 liter valve cover of my 99 Jeep XJ
Was wondering why the cover was weeping.
Looks like I am missing them
Looks like it requires 15 pieces total and Chrysler/jeep is code NS3 no longer stocking item .
Anyone can point me other then some off shore location that will take 20 days to get and hope it's the right part.
Thanks
Greg
Was wondering why the cover was weeping.
Looks like I am missing them
Looks like it requires 15 pieces total and Chrysler/jeep is code NS3 no longer stocking item .
Anyone can point me other then some off shore location that will take 20 days to get and hope it's the right part.
Thanks
Greg
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Engine: 4.0L OBD-II
Ugh I know the bits you're talking about. I have absolutely no idea why nobody includes these with their gaskets!
I suggest hitting your local junk yard and grabbing the little inserts from another valve cover. Any 4.0L should do. Hell... get a new valve cover if you find one with the same design, then you can have a nice shiny refurbished one with fresh paint.
They do. My current VC is from a 1997 ZJ, matches my 1999 XJ's.
I suggest hitting your local junk yard and grabbing the little inserts from another valve cover. Any 4.0L should do. Hell... get a new valve cover if you find one with the same design, then you can have a nice shiny refurbished one with fresh paint.
They do. My current VC is from a 1997 ZJ, matches my 1999 XJ's.
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Yep got the Fel-Pro VS 50445 R gasket set. Blue silicon with grommets. So I am good there. Thanks for the replies thus far.
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Yep got the Fel-Pro VS 50445 R gasket set. Blue silicon with grommets. So I am good there. Thanks for the replies thus far.
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Originally Posted by freegdr
Mine did made into gasket ...no leaks in over 5 years..
I asked for Perma-Dry at the parts store and they gave me a black one, not blue.
The pre-96 gasket and 96+ gasket are different designs. Pre-96s had cast valve covers and did not have the grommets/sleeves (I believe the prema-dry is the only one with holes built in the gasket frame like that). The 96+s had stamped steel valve covers and came with the grommets/sleeves from the factory and the perma-dry for those years also uses that design.
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The pre-96 gasket and 96+ gasket are different designs. Pre-96s had cast valve covers and did not have the grommets/sleeves (I believe the prema-dry is the only one with holes built in the gasket frame like that). The 96+s had stamped steel valve covers and came with the grommets/sleeves from the factory and the perma-dry for those years also uses that design.
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I believe their purpose is to prevent deforming the grommets, which is why only 96+ models have them, using a torque wrench and torqueing to spec prevents crushing the gasket (or using a 1/4" ratchet and not overdoing it), you can still over-tighten and deform the gasket even with the sleeves (at least the OE gasket, prema-drys are very hard to crush unless you really go ape on the bolts).
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