latenights
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- south plainfield, new jersey
I have a 1996 xj and i just recently got a JCR prerunner front bumper. When i was mounting the tie in brackets, I got the bottom 2 bolts for the steering box in no problem but i spent 30-40 min trying to get the top bolt to go in straight. After about 40 min i ended up cross threading the threads on the box so the bolt was going in croooked. For temporary (very temporary) fix so I didn't have a ton of play in my steering i got a few washers to make a spacer between the head of the bolt and the tie-in bracket and tightened the bolt to the spacers. The only thing i can think of is drill out and re-tap the steering box or get a helicoil kit and go from there. Im not going to be wheeling with the steering box like this but I do have a 5 hour road trip to VA (stopping at the Marine Corps museum onthe way:thumbup with my girl and 2 of our friends so i want to make sure its ok to drive on.