restoring's 2001 Sport build thread
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From: Near Memphis, TN
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Spent over 4 hours taking the console out, removing the kick panel and sill trim in an attempt to remove the fuse panel only to see that removing it would be a mistake on my part to say the least.
Then had to button everything back up. Now I'm going to try a different tactic to determine which wire is the one I need to fool with.
Then had to button everything back up. Now I'm going to try a different tactic to determine which wire is the one I need to fool with.
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From: Cumming/Dahlonega, Georgia
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
Spent over 4 hours taking the console out, removing the kick panel and sill trim in an attempt to remove the fuse panel only to see that removing it would be a mistake on my part to say the least.
Then had to button everything back up. Now I'm going to try a different tactic to determine which wire is the one I need to fool with.
Then had to button everything back up. Now I'm going to try a different tactic to determine which wire is the one I need to fool with.
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Hey man your XJ looks awesome!
I feel for you with that experience. I had a similar experience with a club around here. There were several really good members that were courteous and helpful and great all around people but its the others that ruin it right. Couple of them were drinking on my first run out with them but the second run out went great, its just a couple people that ruin it for a group.
I joined another group and things improved, i never actually got to wheel with the new group, kept having troubles with my damn jeep and the one time I got out to wheel with them I screwed up the meeting point and missed out.
Its good that you stuck it out though and understood that a few bad apples shouldnt reflect on the group as a whole.
I feel for you with that experience. I had a similar experience with a club around here. There were several really good members that were courteous and helpful and great all around people but its the others that ruin it right. Couple of them were drinking on my first run out with them but the second run out went great, its just a couple people that ruin it for a group.
I joined another group and things improved, i never actually got to wheel with the new group, kept having troubles with my damn jeep and the one time I got out to wheel with them I screwed up the meeting point and missed out.
Its good that you stuck it out though and understood that a few bad apples shouldnt reflect on the group as a whole.
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From: Near Memphis, TN
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Tried the replacement transmission mount but it was shorter than the one already on the XJ, so we put the older one back on.
Adjusted the trac bar and got the front axle centered.
Adjusted the trac bar and got the front axle centered.
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From: Bremerton, Washington
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 IL6
While putting the Logan's bumper on the XJ, I noticed the tie rod ends on my new Rusty's Heavy Duty tie rod are starting to rust - and a bit fast for something that's only been on the XJ for a couple of weeks, especially when nothing else is showing any signs of oxidation. If they show this much rust this quickly, then that means they are eminently vulnerable and oxidation will happen quickly.
I called Rusty's and spoke to Amy who seemed (over the phone) to be very surprised that there was any rust showing on the tie rod ends. She asked I send some photos so I took and sent the ones above. I received an e-mail from her today that stated:
Brad,
I forwarded the e-mail to Rusty. The tie rod ends are raw steel.
He suggested painting the ends with spray paint and that will keep them protected.
Feel free to contact us if you have any other questions.
Thanks,
Amy
There is no mention of this on the Rusty's page regarding this tie rod, and there was no literature accompanying the tie rod. I had this tie rod in my possession for over a week before we installed the lift. That would have been the best time to know about this and to get it done.
Now it is on my Jeep, and rusting, which means I have to remove the tie rod, remove the ends, clean them, paint them, and reinstall them - taking my daily driver out of commission for at least a day while I perform a several hour job that should have taken 15 minutes at most.
Failing to mention a detail of this magnitude about a part that is obviously going to be constantly exposed to the elements is at best, a very serious oversight. Raw steel does not do well with constant exposure to the elements. Logans shipped me a raw steel bumper AFTER advising that I will definitely need to clean it and paint it, coat it, etc. to prevent rust. That's a bumper, not an integral part of the steering system for the Jeep.
Has anyone else experienced rust so quickly with their Rusty's HD tie rod?
I called Rusty's and spoke to Amy who seemed (over the phone) to be very surprised that there was any rust showing on the tie rod ends. She asked I send some photos so I took and sent the ones above. I received an e-mail from her today that stated:
Brad,
I forwarded the e-mail to Rusty. The tie rod ends are raw steel.
He suggested painting the ends with spray paint and that will keep them protected.
Feel free to contact us if you have any other questions.
Thanks,
Amy
There is no mention of this on the Rusty's page regarding this tie rod, and there was no literature accompanying the tie rod. I had this tie rod in my possession for over a week before we installed the lift. That would have been the best time to know about this and to get it done.
Now it is on my Jeep, and rusting, which means I have to remove the tie rod, remove the ends, clean them, paint them, and reinstall them - taking my daily driver out of commission for at least a day while I perform a several hour job that should have taken 15 minutes at most.
Failing to mention a detail of this magnitude about a part that is obviously going to be constantly exposed to the elements is at best, a very serious oversight. Raw steel does not do well with constant exposure to the elements. Logans shipped me a raw steel bumper AFTER advising that I will definitely need to clean it and paint it, coat it, etc. to prevent rust. That's a bumper, not an integral part of the steering system for the Jeep.
Has anyone else experienced rust so quickly with their Rusty's HD tie rod?
Just put kn my Rustys HD tierod and the ends started to rust the first day. Highly dissapointed.
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From: Near Memphis, TN
Year: 2001
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I was too, but was told by a lot of people "You should have known that" - eh, chalk it up to a learning experience. When the weather warms up, I'm pulling my tie rod ends and painting them.
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From: Near Memphis, TN
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
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From: Near Memphis, TN
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
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From: Jackson,TN
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
I jusy unbolted mine and moved them toward the frame to an open hole on the brackets. The bracket the horn bolts to have alot of small holes randomly across it.
