Whats the worst part that ever broke on your xj?
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Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L 6 Cyl
I told my cuz he could take it out for a little drive and well little did i know he had never drove off road, well we got stuck and as i was puttin the first chain around my tow point on the 4-runner he decided that it looked like a good idea to put the chain around the sway bar i asked him if he was ok and he siad yes all hooked up so i took off and well opps, there it went it bent and then snapped and well that was that i was upset and the drive back was a little slow haha
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From: Summerville, South Carolina
Year: 99
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Originally Posted by 96swampdog
I told my cuz he could take it out for a little drive and well little did i know he had never drove off road, well we got stuck and as i was puttin the first chain around my tow point on the 4-runner he decided that it looked like a good idea to put the chain around the sway bar i asked him if he was ok and he siad yes all hooked up so i took off and well opps, there it went it bent and then snapped and well that was that i was upset and the drive back was a little slow haha
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From: southern ohio
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 HO
while driving up the road i hit a bump and my gear shift went to the left so hard it actually broke the shifter boot plastic thing... motor mount bolts sheared off from the PO wreck i imagine weakened them then i hit a bump needless to say the motor almost fell out....
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From: Summerville, South Carolina
Year: 99
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Originally Posted by 19cherokee96
while driving up the road i hit a bump and my gear shift went to the left so hard it actually broke the shifter boot plastic thing... motor mount bolts sheared off from the PO wreck i imagine weakened them then i hit a bump needless to say the motor almost fell out....
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From: north carolina
Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Originally Posted by white89xj
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From: north carolina
Year: 1989
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Well u see wht happened was the non mud pic was up a wet trail and a wall with a tree hangin out and ripped the side and it bout blew up then the other one tryin to blow it up just a play toy and it was at the mud pit and beer was involved both times lol but we took a wrong turn too fast no one got hurt thank god we had fun gettin it on the trailer tho haha
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From: Summerville, South Carolina
Year: 99
Model: Cherokee
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Originally Posted by white89xj
Well u see wht happened was the non mud pic was up a wet trail and a wall with a tree hangin out and ripped the side and it bout blew up then the other one tryin to blow it up just a play toy and it was at the mud pit and beer was involved both times lol but we took a wrong turn too fast no one got hurt thank god we had fun gettin it on the trailer tho haha
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From: Nazareth, PA
Year: 1996
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L High Output
Didn't pull off anything crazy epic like splitting the T-Case in half, but this is the best I got. Her name was Laura and I'd say about half her parts are in my current XJ. Lol