Where the hell did this bolt come from?

[patp05]

Woke up today and went outside to put back in my electric fan from reindexing the cam. I look underneath and see this bolt... I went under and couldn't see anything missing it looked like it had fallen around the front end

 

[sidriptide]

looks to me like the harmonic balancer retaining bolt.

 

[Jays siik xj]

looks to me like the harmonic balancer retaining bolt.

X2...

 

[mechbullxj]

That's a harmonic balancer bolt, goes back on with 80 ft. lbs. torque.

 

[patp05]

Yup, Jesus Christ this jeep is going to give me a heart attack. Its back in torqued and loctited

 

[notamos]

Yup, Jesus Christ this jeep is going to give me a heart attack. Its back in torqued and loctited

My Jeeps have caused me to age, for sure. Never saw one of those fall off before. :doh:

 

[old_man]

If he was indexing the cam, he had to pull the harmonic balancer to get the timing chain cover off.

 

[patp05]

If he was indexing the cam, he had to pull the harmonic balancer to get the timing chain cover off.

Thats one way to do it but I followed these steps http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f11/how-reindex-camshaft-position-sensor-1145301/

But my hand turning it must have been why it became loose. I'm just lucky nothing bad came of it.

 

[ParadiseXJ]

I'm just lucky nothing bad came of it.

I can only imagine THAT post!! :doh:

Glad it's fixed.

 

[xcm]

Yup, Jesus Christ this jeep is going to give me a heart attack. Its back in torqued and loctited

lol, it gets better!