excellent thank you. I wasn't sure if the axle hanging would be an issue so I finally get to use the jackstands.

Should I take this opportunity to replace anything else down there and should I get any u-joint other than this one?

http://www.oreillyauto.com/site/c/de...7125&ppt=C0362

 

LOLOLOL!!!!!! Getting a taste of my own medicine haha. I'm sorry if I offended you by saying that earlier lol! But technically if were gunna be technical the guy that started the thread said you can even ask the question "what is a jeep" so I think that technically gave me permission to ask the question.

 

I just replaced my CPS sensor in my 99 XJ, but now it's running poorly. The problems I had before where that it would shut off while driving and then not start for a long time, now it starts easily but kind of "chugs" under accelerating and idles poorly. Did I miss something while replacing it? Could it be a bad sensor? It's not OEM.

 

Those of you that have been inside the 8.25, how much resistance does the carrier bearings have to being turned by hand.
With spider gears and side gears removed, transfer case in neutral, carrier-pinion-driveshaft is difficult to turn, requires two hands. Does this sound normal?
Rear differential temperature is 135 F after highway driving, which is normal.

 

Sound normal to me. That's the preload I believe. Every axles I went into had similiar resistance It's easier to turn the wheel because it's bigger, but harder to turn on the pinion side.

 

i found a gauge cluster out of a v6 cherokee and noticed it had a tach. would this swap onto a renix motor?

 

After the no start problem a couple of days ago with the truck that turned out to be a bad ballast connection, I ordered a new one and installed it, even though the old one was probably OK. Better safe than sorry.

I was driving along happy as a lark yesterday in the Cherokee, and all of the sudden it stopped running. Again.

When I got out, there was a slight smell of something burning.

I opened the hood, and after a little investigating, discovered the CPS wire had somehow come loose from it's tywraps (how is that even possible), and fell down on the exhaust pipe.

The heat melted the insulation, and it apparently shorted out on the metal.

Since I had an extra I had bought just in case (imagine that!) I stuck it on, making sure it was as close to the flywheel as possible and tried to start it, but it's a no go. We finally towed it home. (again)

This crap is getting old.

Another Cherokee friend says it happened to him, and it turned out it fried the computer.

Any suggestions on what I should check before I spend hours troubleshooting?

 

http://jeepin.com/features/gaugeswap

 

What is a "renix" motor? I have seen this many times on here and I was curious...what's the difference in that and say my xj engine?

 

Renix is '87-90 4.0L. It's a portmanteau of Renault and Bendix who worked jointly on the project

 

http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1035000

Specifically post 2 & 3

 

The CAD front axle was also '87-91. A lot of people don't realize that

 

Yup... didn't know if he wanted to know all that though or just the differences related to the engine. I mean if you want to get into ALL the differences, we'll be here all day

 

My, aren't we in an eloquent mood today.

And until 1995 in YJs, which didn't even have Renix MPFI. AMC 4.2L -> Chrysler OBD-I 4.0L

 

It was discontinued in 90. Some early 91s may have still been using them but I have never seen one with it (including my own)