What did you do to your Cherokee today?
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From: Nevada
Year: 1985
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 5.7L V8
I started putting my plastic trim back in after I painted it. I will be going back in after the raider game and finish some last pieces are still drying.
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From: Maine
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L I6
Just a regular torch to heat everything up. I had to torch my exhaust to get those 2 bolts off.
Edit: try this, I take it you're using a ratchet. Spray some pb blaster on the bolt threads and screw it back in and out a few times. Also hammer up from bottom. Could be a little rust that's holding it. After I get good and mad I usually mash it up lol
Edit: try this, I take it you're using a ratchet. Spray some pb blaster on the bolt threads and screw it back in and out a few times. Also hammer up from bottom. Could be a little rust that's holding it. After I get good and mad I usually mash it up lol
Anyways.. turning it doesnt move it in or out, just turns it.
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From: Frederick, MD from Cleveland, OH
Year: 1993 YJ Wrangler
Engine: 4.0 I6
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From: Mercer County, NJ
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L I6 HO
Originally Posted by ivantheigor
Wont torching it ruin the rubber bushing?
Anyways.. turning it doesnt move it in or out, just turns it.
Anyways.. turning it doesnt move it in or out, just turns it.
Jack under the area. Start loosing the bolt and use a long screwdriver and try prying as you unbolt. I'm thinking it stripped
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From: Leadville Co
Year: 2000
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.7
Originally Posted by ivantheigor
Trying to take this out... not really working.
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From: Southeast, tx
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L upgraded charging system & blue top, flowmaster 44, hi flow cat and two core rad.
Pulled heater core and box it was in also the box with evaporater core in it. Time to wait for parts. I thought heater core and evap core were in the same box but to my surprise they were separate.
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From: Maine
Year: 2000
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Ive tried that...Not the smartest but I even hooked chain to the vice grips and yanked the other end of the chain with an atv. Atv would just spin. This is infuriating.
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From: Leadville Co
Year: 2000
Model: Grand Cherokee
Engine: 4.7
Originally Posted by ivantheigor
Ive tried that...Not the smartest but I even hooked chain to the vice grips and yanked the other end of the chain with an atv. Atv would just spin. This is infuriating.
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From: Lantana, Fl
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.Slow
Originally Posted by 98 brutus
Diff change new wheel cylinder and a big headache! Took me like all day aughh
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They are old BEEFY vice grips.
I still thought I was going to just rip the vise grips off.
I even tried chocking the ATV wheels with firewood and winching... didnt work.
Im going to ask my dad to keep this pair of vise grips.... Im beginning to regain my head now. And this whole ordeal is kind of humorous.
I still thought I was going to just rip the vise grips off.
I even tried chocking the ATV wheels with firewood and winching... didnt work.
Im going to ask my dad to keep this pair of vise grips.... Im beginning to regain my head now. And this whole ordeal is kind of humorous.



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