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From: 813
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 str8 6
mybe your troubles herehttp://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f9/ho...repair-464741/
think so!where is this located?
behind the glove box?
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From: havelock, nc
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 HO
Originally Posted by XJmotard
Ok someone help before I stick my hammer through the side of this jeep.....
Trying to change the shocks and one of the bolts on the rear broke....!!!!!WTF!!!!!
Lol...I don't have the best temper and got all three new shocks on, but am stuck with one not cause of this....and I can't figure out how to get the dam bolt out.......any suggestions....please!
Thanks!
Trying to change the shocks and one of the bolts on the rear broke....!!!!!WTF!!!!!
Lol...I don't have the best temper and got all three new shocks on, but am stuck with one not cause of this....and I can't figure out how to get the dam bolt out.......any suggestions....please!
Thanks!
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From: Lansing MI
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
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From: Aberdeen, MD
Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L HO I-6, 703 Injectors, Brown Dog Super Engine Mounts
get a drift punch or even better an air chisel and hammer the captive nut till it breaks loose from the framerail. Then simply thread a new bolt from the top and bolt the shock back up.
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From: Battle Creek, MI
Year: '92
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
don't cut a hole through your ****ing floor....that's the crappiest solution i've ever heard
get a drift punch or even better an air chisel and hammer the captive nut till it breaks loose from the framerail. Then simply thread a new bolt from the top and bolt the shock back up.
get a drift punch or even better an air chisel and hammer the captive nut till it breaks loose from the framerail. Then simply thread a new bolt from the top and bolt the shock back up.
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From: Aberdeen, MD
Year: 1995
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L HO I-6, 703 Injectors, Brown Dog Super Engine Mounts
Yes, you can. But unless you have toddler size hands, it can be a HUGE PAIN to gut up in there and then hold the nut or bolt in place. Since I have broken these bolts 5 times, the holes need not be huge, just enough to get at things. Then a bit of silicon to stop water and you wont know its been done.
Make a bolt leader / fishing tool out of mechanics wire, thread the bolt on, pull it through the hole, use a closed end wrench up top to hold it in place.
Took all of about 2 minutes, extremely easy
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From: Battle Creek, MI
Year: '92
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Really???
Make a bolt leader / fishing tool out of mechanics wire, thread the bolt on, pull it through the hole, use a closed end wrench up top to hold it in place.
Took all of about 2 minutes, extremely easy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itu8SHaqNgo
Make a bolt leader / fishing tool out of mechanics wire, thread the bolt on, pull it through the hole, use a closed end wrench up top to hold it in place.
Took all of about 2 minutes, extremely easy
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=itu8SHaqNgo
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From: Battle Creek, MI
Year: '92
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
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From: Roscoe, IL
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L 242 Power Tech I6
If you feel like driving to Chicagoland, I'll be replacing some in a couple months.. waiting on my next bonus from work for a nice suspension upgrade/maaaaaybe a minor lift. stock just isn't enough.
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From: Lansing, MI
Year: 92 abd 98 XJ
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
I've got this 92 XJ, it's drivetrain is fantastic, the body is not. Specifically the rockers; it's not that they're bad. I just dont have any! Even the pinch seam is shot. Doors are somehow good, as well as the floor pans. Obviously I can take it to a shop and have them weld in new rockers or boat slides. Outside of that, anything else I can do to stop it from getting any worse and clean it up at home? I'm thinking MAYBE pop rivets and some sheet metal after clean up and POR15?




