danny Benavidez
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Texas
For some weeks now I been hearing a constant taping nose as I dive. So this weekend I’ll spend some time finding this nose. I know most likely it was coming form the front dive lines. So I pulled off my front right tire and stated looking for some thing not right. And I find the u-joint at the hub have some play in it. and this must be the problem. Having a solid front axle will make this repair job simple.
Using a 12mm socket with and reachit, a 12mm ranch I removed the two brake cawaper bolts removed the cawaper, brake pads and disk rotor. Than removed the three 12-point bolts holding the hub into the noktal. Now I just have to pull the hub assembly with the u-joint and half dive shaft in one pieces. I toke the assemble over to a tire and auto repair shop. To get new u-joints pressed into the dive shaft. As they worked on the right u-joint, I went back home and pulled out the left shaft assembly and it's u-jount was woster that the right side. So as I dropped off the left side shaft they war already done with the right shaft assembly. Now I can put back the right side assembly back in to the XJ. I Simply slide the dive axle back into the axle tube with the brake dust cover in between the hub and noktal. And titen up the 6 bolts.
The best part is the fact I can fix this myself, One of many resins why I got a jeep. If a had the dealer fix my U-joints I wood have paid about $600 for both side done and If done by some other auto repair shop it wood be about $400 for both sides done . But I fixed this myself for $32 in parts and $90 for press work by others making my total cost only $122 and 3 hours.
See Some Photos of this at my webpage
http://www.iidesign.info/OR_01XJ.htm
Using a 12mm socket with and reachit, a 12mm ranch I removed the two brake cawaper bolts removed the cawaper, brake pads and disk rotor. Than removed the three 12-point bolts holding the hub into the noktal. Now I just have to pull the hub assembly with the u-joint and half dive shaft in one pieces. I toke the assemble over to a tire and auto repair shop. To get new u-joints pressed into the dive shaft. As they worked on the right u-joint, I went back home and pulled out the left shaft assembly and it's u-jount was woster that the right side. So as I dropped off the left side shaft they war already done with the right shaft assembly. Now I can put back the right side assembly back in to the XJ. I Simply slide the dive axle back into the axle tube with the brake dust cover in between the hub and noktal. And titen up the 6 bolts.
The best part is the fact I can fix this myself, One of many resins why I got a jeep. If a had the dealer fix my U-joints I wood have paid about $600 for both side done and If done by some other auto repair shop it wood be about $400 for both sides done . But I fixed this myself for $32 in parts and $90 for press work by others making my total cost only $122 and 3 hours.
See Some Photos of this at my webpage
http://www.iidesign.info/OR_01XJ.htm
(sorry Jess) You have a lot of knowledge to share and we appreciate you being willing to share. I figured out what a cawaper is but what is a noktal?
