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Dec 30, 2012 | 01:15 PM

#19321

94XjSport94

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From: Carrollton, GA

Year: 1994

Model: Cherokee

Engine: Inline 6 4.0L High Output

Think you can take a screwdriver and move the locking piece over

Dec 30, 2012 | 01:19 PM

#19322

zombie jeep101

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From: Summerville, South Carolina

Year: 99

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

Tried that, she stuck

Dec 30, 2012 | 01:19 PM

#19323

bhennessee1

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From: Chickamauga Ga.

Year: 2000

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

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Originally Posted by my89xj

Take off the panel and do it manualy

X2, has to be done from inside the hatch.

Dec 30, 2012 | 01:23 PM

#19324

zombie jeep101

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From: Summerville, South Carolina

Year: 99

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

Alright, another, what spots do I use for recovery?I hot stuck last night and had to be pulled out by running a strap around my rear panel through my back door and the hatch pulling on the pillar

Dec 30, 2012 | 01:24 PM

#19325

odgreen

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From: some small town oregon

Year: 1989

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

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Originally Posted by zombie jeep101

Alright, another, what spots do I use for recovery?I hot stuck last night and had to be pulled out by running a strap around my rear panel through my back door and the hatch pulling on the pillar

A axle! Get a hitch hook that slides in

Dec 30, 2012 | 01:26 PM

#19326

zombie jeep101

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From: Summerville, South Carolina

Year: 99

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

After all these you tube videos of axles being ripped out I decided not to

Dec 30, 2012 | 01:27 PM

#19327

94XjSport94

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From: Carrollton, GA

Year: 1994

Model: Cherokee

Engine: Inline 6 4.0L High Output

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After all these you tube videos of axles being ripped out I decided not to

Hitch

Dec 30, 2012 | 01:28 PM

#19328

odgreen

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From: some small town oregon

Year: 1989

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

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Originally Posted by zombie jeep101

After all these you tube videos of axles being ripped out I decided not to

You have to do it right. The axles being ripped out are due to retards pulling them incorrectly.

Dec 30, 2012 | 01:28 PM

#19329

94XjSport94

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From: Carrollton, GA

Year: 1994

Model: Cherokee

Engine: Inline 6 4.0L High Output

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You have to do it right. The axles being ripped out are due to retards pulling them incorrectly.

What's the right way?

Dec 30, 2012 | 01:29 PM

#19330

odgreen

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From: some small town oregon

Year: 1989

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

Straight pull with light pressure. Never pull sideways or yank the **** out of it.

Dec 30, 2012 | 01:30 PM

#19331

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From: Frederick, MD

Year: 1989

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

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Straight pull with light pressure. Never pull sideways or yank the **** out of it.

I yanked the **** out of Tims 35

Dec 30, 2012 | 01:33 PM

#19332

94XjSport94

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From: Carrollton, GA

Year: 1994

Model: Cherokee

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I don't trust my fiends lol one drives like damn formula one in his TJ and the others never even go...

Dec 30, 2012 | 01:35 PM

#19333

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From: Frederick, MD

Year: 1989

Model: Cherokee

Engine: 4.0

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I don't trust my fiends lol one drives like damn formula one in his TJ and the others never even go...

What's wrong with formula? I flat towed Jake Bob going 40 lol. And I hauled the mighty mannche really fast through some trails because tim was having running issues.

Dec 30, 2012 | 01:49 PM

#19334

NewKindOfClown

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From: Frederick, MD from Cleveland, OH

Year: 1993 YJ Wrangler

Engine: 4.0 I6

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I yanked the **** out of Tims 35

I yanked 96xjclassic's D30 about 50 times one night. Running start with a 30' strap each time. I think we were lucky it didn't break, but it can be done.

Dec 30, 2012 | 01:50 PM

#19335

NewKindOfClown

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From: Frederick, MD from Cleveland, OH

Year: 1993 YJ Wrangler

Engine: 4.0 I6

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I yanked 96xjclassic's D30 about 50 times one night. Running start with a 30' strap each time. I think we were lucky it didn't break, but it can be done.

Heat soak FTW.