3 Inch Lift Prep..Need some help
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From: Chattanooga
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Really dont wanna buy new links..bushings..i wouldnt mind..i would prefer not buying either..haha. I think Im gonna try to disconnnect the links when It stops raining and I get a better jack and still use the compressor to help me out..
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From: Lake Zurich
Year: 1999
Model: Cherokee
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you dont need to remove that torx bit at all. dont even try. the only reason to try to get that bolt out is to put in quick disconnects. that bolt is splined and pressed in, the torx head gives an illusion it will come out, it wont. you just need to crack loose the nut on the back side, its an 18MM. you are only loosening this nut so you can rotate that sway bar link down and out of the way while raising/lowering the axle.
thats cool about the jack, you can actually take the lower part of that jack handle and use it as a breaker bar. I am assuming that jack handle is in 2 pieces together, just take it apart, use whatever one will fit over the handle of a ratchet, instant breaker bar. thats what i did on my jeep.
thats cool about the jack, you can actually take the lower part of that jack handle and use it as a breaker bar. I am assuming that jack handle is in 2 pieces together, just take it apart, use whatever one will fit over the handle of a ratchet, instant breaker bar. thats what i did on my jeep.
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From: York PA/State College PA
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Engine: 4.0L I6
Originally Posted by willsmysticcobra
Not to thread jack at all ( op I hope your lift progress is going smooth and well) but whats the best way to press out that splined sway bar link bolt?
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From: Chattanooga
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
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Got a new kobalt 3 ton floor jack 
so maybe I can get some work done tonight after school...still have my compressor so maybe I can get the front done
so maybe I can get some work done tonight after school...still have my compressor so maybe I can get the front done
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Year: 1996
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take off your brake caliper so you dont extend the line, remove the jack from the axle. go to the driver side, jack it up, should drop that side pretty low, you can use your foot on the hub for leverage to push down a bit further. the only part the spring will try to get caught up on is the lower sway bar link mount there with the torx bolt.
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From: Chattanooga
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Converted..I know your happy that I removed those links..haha..Got my passengers side totally done..Dont know how to get that drivers side top shock mount out..cant get anything down in there..Took some beating to get my new coil in on the passenger side..Tons of compression and a good kick at the end and it slipped in.
