Never had that problem (well, not on an XJ) but given the range of sizes of swaybars, I can see trying to fit the wrong ones could be a real pita.

 

I spent the whole day cleaning, scrubbing, and detailing.
The dog are pissed, we have gone on a walk for two days!!

 

Just a pet peeve of mine, but you have a Jeep GRAND Cherokee not a Jeep Cherokee.

 

Duly noted, respected, and corrected...

 

all good bud, sorry for that. Just every time I go to the parts store and I tell them jeep cherokee they ask, is that the grand cherokee or the regular cherokee lol

 

IMO it fits, considering this is the general chat section for the forum, and we have forum areas for Cherokee (includes Wagoneer), Grand Cherokee, and Comanche.

 

It says, Grand Cherokee Laredo. I am very new to Jeeps so its a learning curve for me.

 

That's not what I was talking about. Never did I say he couldn't post here.

 

Got some new brakes installed. Hoping my next brake job can be a KJ disc conversion



Did a cooling system flush (heater core included), new upper and lower hoses and new thermostat (old one was V crusty)



Green juice good



Got my cut n fold armor on from DirtBound. Fits pretty good.




Saw this gem on the lift in the hobby shop. Dude got it from Arizona. Said it was a fleet car. Everything looks perfect on it.

 

I love the antifreeze funnel!! Is that home made or available?

 

So, finally replaced the serpentine belt! No big deal you might think but, for me there were a couple of things that made it special in its own way. Thanks to received wisdom (i.e. forums & Youtube) I was sufficiently confident to buy one by length rather than application. Why? I remember when I replaced the alternator a couple of years ago it was a bit of a struggle to get the belt back on, even after swapping the original pulley for the larger one it came with. It was a Bosch unit, listed for the XJ but the body must've been a little "fatter" so it stopped before reaching the end of the adjustment. Perhaps it being so tight was what caused the plastic idler to self-destruct - but that was the job in hand. Anyway, the new belt I already had wouldn't fit, nor would the old one, or the belts off either of my other XJ's. Curiously the one I decided on was for a JK or 4.0 WJ, depending on which vendor you believed.
Next was, I managed to install it without reference to the diagram (no fan shroud, well not fitted), the biggest problem was it was stiff & preferred to be in the form it was packed in, so I derived a quite disproportionate sense of achievement from that, especially as I really have no other experience of serpentine belts.
One oddity though, is that when I adjusted it, it stopped about 1/2" short of where it had been, which suggests it's a little shorter than the old , stretched, one whereas it most certainly isn't.

 

Nice. My GC has no fan shroud either, apparently, the ZJ's are a rare item to find the correct one. I do have an offer on eBay for one in pristine condition and it has the belt diagram sticker on it. YAY!!

 

Amazon

 

Bought my XJ a friend

 

It occurred to me later that some may be puzzled by some of my references to the alternator & adjustment. Just remember this is a RHD model, so the alternator is high-up and provides the belt adjustment.