Hooligan’s TJ refresh

[Alexis700]

Nice TJ , setup perfectly in my opinion.

My 03 TJ would do that , nv3550 rubicon. Would forget how to idle when you came to a stop for a while if the computer got reset. And if you bump started it then would not idle at all.

 

[Zg86]

My tj idles like **** after the battery goes dead but the surging is making me think clean iac and throttle body.

 

[Hooligan]

My tj idles like **** after the battery goes dead but the surging is making me think clean iac and throttle body.

Not a bad idea, wouldn’t hurt to clean it.

 

[Hooligan]

I’m so slow. Finally pulled the rear passenger backing plate to replace it, the tab at the top that holds parking brake shoes was destroyed.

Since I’m here, might as well replace the bearings, probably have 125,000 on them. They aren’t noisy but they are sloppy.

Need axle seal also. Will need to pull them off to see if they have part numbers (will call Dynatrac also).

For a small Jeep, these Dana 60 axles sure seem beefy.

I was surprised to see a tapered roller bearing lubed with axle oil. The only rear axle I’ve messed with was early Toyota and it was sealed.

Shaft diameter is 1.90-ish, one measurement was 1.88, other was 1.915. Seal diameter was 3.14.

 

[Clb]

Yooo
Can
Do
Etttttt

Do 1 thing each day/week.
This is motivation.

 

[Hooligan]

Yooo
Can
Do
Etttttt

Do 1 thing each day/week.
This is motivation.

I’m more like one thing each month, but progress!!

A few weeks back:
Needed a new boot for t-case levers. Wild Horses has an AX15/Atlas boot. Very boogie, it’s very nice. The factory TJ AX has a raised portion on the metal plate where the rubber boots sits, so it’s not an exact fit.

I pulled the seats and the new plastic floor liner so I could rivnut the hold down bolts.

Did make a make a cut in the Wild boot , cut some of the metal to allow shifters to go all the way to the rear.

Put some real thick house window trim insulation around the perimeter to seal it.

All pretty like.

 

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[Microtus]

I'll wait until he is done to ask for it back

 

[Hooligan]

Thanks to surpip for pressing on new axle bearing. Pulled the old race out, luckily found the right tool in a stash.

Need to get new bolts for the backing plate and mount it up.

 

[Hooligan]

Well, nearly two months later…other side is done!


But wait, there’s more…parking brake!!

 

[Hooligan]

Thinking I should give the front end some love, tore into the spindle for maintenance.

The hub was a little crunchy…

Bearings had decent grease still


Inner bearing has seen some heat

 

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Keep on keeping on...
7 weeks out.

 

[Hooligan]

Want to change the diff oil, is there a trick to remove the damage bolts. In both front and rear the lower bolt heads are pretty torn up. Gonna try to hammer a socket on. Any suggestions?

This upper bolt:



Zoom in to see lower bolts:

 

[Clb]

Destroying a socket can work.
welding a nut on?

 

[Hooligan]

Destroying a socket can work.
welding a nut on?

O yeah, that should work

 

[Clb]

Those 12 pt head's are great at holding the socket till you rockrash em...
Can you maybe go to allen heads?

 

[RunningProblem]

Break the heads off then use an EZ out to remove the bolts?

 

[Clb]

Break the heads off then use an EZ out to remove the bolts?

Brave soul

 

[Hooligan]

Lady luck was on my side last night. Microtus , I didn’t find a ground down socket, but you must have left one. In my drawer of sockets, only have 2 twelve point sockets….a 1/2” and a 5/16”. The 5/16 had to have come with the Jeep. Don’t recall ever buying 12 points. That was my first luck of the evening, having the right socket.

Took some dental picks to the bolts to clean them up and give me the best chance of success.
Before:



Dental picks for cleaning:


Did a little die grinder work around two so the socket can fit, and took the grinder to the socket to slim it up.

Result was success! Got all of them loosened. Placed an order for new ones. 5/16”-18 x .75”. Ordered from
https://www.specialty-fasteners.com

 

[Hooligan]

For the drive slug cover, having difficulty finding a new o-ring. From the Billavista bible, these are PolyPerfrmance. I have not tried calling them yet, but didn’t see o-ring listed on their site.

They are square cut. I measure cross section of .150”, ID of 3.625 and max OD is 3.970, and .134 tall.


The cross section is what I’m not seeing, in McMaster their cross section max is 3/32, mine is 5/32.

The -239 looks closest, does the width matter that much? It won’t fill the groove in the drive hub. Am I measuring this right?

 

[RunningProblem]

Buy another 12 point 5/16 socket and keep it in the Jeep.

 

[Hooligan]

Buy another 12 point 5/16 socket and keep it in the Jeep.

Yep, gonna buy another one or two

 

[Hooligan]

Rear diff oil changed, doing rust cleaning as I go and painting the bare metal.

Did spend for the new bolts.

 

[Hooligan]

Changing fluid in the front diff. Who ordered the caramel milk shake?



A touch of rust inside


All of the teeth had this

 

[Hooligan]

Driver side must have hooked into something big, broke the line. Didn’t see any fish in the diff oil

 

[Microtus]

Fishing line take out a seal?

 

[Hooligan]

Fishing line take out a seal?

I didn’t pull the carrier to inspect inner seals, I hope they are okay. There is no outer axle seal, so the line just worked its way inside. Driver side did have more diff oil in the tube than the passenger side.

 

[Hooligan]

Putting the driver side back together, only snafu was the inner bearing of the new bearing set didn’t fit the spindle.

The spindle OD is 2.25”

New bearing is Timken 387AS, and measured at 2.235”.

The old bearing is Timken 387A and measured at 2.25”.

According to Timken website, they are both 2.25” ID.

Since new bearing didn’t fit, I greased up the old one and put it back in. Need to get this on the trail.



Got everything greased and all put back in….almost. Anyone spot the issue?



So, the brakes wouldn’t fit. Installed the brake bracket and spindle in reverse order. One hour later, all corrected properly installed.

 

[Hooligan]

Ready for tires.

Current tire is 37x13.5, going with 37x12.5.

Got a mile down the road, weight fell off.

 

[MigGunslinger]

I stopped letting the tire shops clip on weights (when I remember), the rocks just strip them off anyways. I usually end up with an obscene amount of weights stuck to the inside of the rim.