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From: Baltimore, MD
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6 HO
CF Veteran
Joined: Jan 2012
Posts: 8,272
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From: Baltimore, MD
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6 HO
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From: Frederick, MD
Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Originally Posted by a_shirey
havent seen kate in 3 days...thats why im not already coming to your house today. i even asked if she wanted to take a quick road trip to fredneck. but noooo.
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From: Frederick, MD from Cleveland, OH
Year: 1993 YJ Wrangler
Engine: 4.0 I6
Trying to do water pump. 30 minute job, they said. I can't get the fourth bolt out of the pulley. I try to put in a second one to get leverage. I get the stuck bolt out, but I can't get the new one out without doing the same thing and getting yet another bolt stuck. I always end up with one in.Pulley just spins. Any tips?
Last edited by NewKindOfClown; Nov 5, 2012 at 01:18 PM.
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From: Berea, OH
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Trying to do water pump. 30 minute job, they said. I can't get the fourth bolt out of the pulley. I try to put in a second one to get leverage. I get the stuck bolt out, but I can't get the new one out without doing the same thing and getting yet another bolt stuck. I always end up with one in.Pulley just spins. Any tips?
Keep ALL 4 bolts in a little ways until all 4 are loose. Leverage something to hold the pulley still while cracking all 4 loose.
Once all 4 are loose (hand tight) take them out.
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Joined: Mar 2009
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From: Berea, OH
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Trying to do water pump. 30 minute job, they said. I can't get the fourth bolt out of the pulley. I try to put in a second one to get leverage. I get the stuck bolt out, but I can't get the new one out without doing the same thing and getting yet another bolt stuck. I always end up with one in.Pulley just spins. Any tips?
By the way....Jeep time = suggested time x 4.
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From: Frederick, MD from Cleveland, OH
Year: 1993 YJ Wrangler
Engine: 4.0 I6
Originally Posted by jimmy21669
Keep ALL 4 bolts in a little ways until all 4 are loose. Leverage something to hold the pulley still while cracking all 4 loose.
Once all 4 are loose (hand tight) take them out.
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From: Baltimore, MD
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6 HO
Originally Posted by my89xj
Don't take it the wrong way lol
can a double she track bar be too tight at the bolt that attaches to the mount.
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From: Baltimore, MD
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6 HO
Originally Posted by my89xj
Yes
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From: Frederick, MD
Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Originally Posted by a_shirey
this may be my problem. lol. im switching my track bar around today so the threads are at the mount(like you guys told me to do a while ago). so ill keep it less tight.