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Ford makes a kit to put disk brakes onto truck 8.8 or 9 inch axles- looks just like Explorer brakes, and uses 5x4.5 inch bolt pattern. This is interesting because of the price: $349 on EBay, or $473 in Canada at a web-based Ford site. That includes all-new parts, complete except for the...

MB is committed to working closer with Daimler Chrysler (so Jeep is included), and has introduced a series of new diesels with great power and mileage. The 3.0 litre V6 is scheduled for use in the Grand Cherokee. More info at http://www.whnet.com/4x4/diesel.html I hope they put these in other...

On a 2001 with 4.0/AW4/242 transfer case, I hear a loud bang or bump from the tailshaft housing when the suspension flexes over a bump (as the drive shaft moves in). I thought it was a loose shock, but it is definately the transfer case output, verifyed when I am under the jeep and my son...

Sounds like a track bar issue- they like to clunk, even when they seem tight. Try tightening the mounting bracket to frame bolts as tight as you can get them, and then the track bar to mounting bracket bolt (inside the bracket, with cotter pin, ugly to get at). Might be at the axle end, so...

I have no problems with standard zerk fittings (grease nipples), but the recessed type that fill with the blunt needle on my front axle shafts and double-cardan joint won't accept grease. It just won't go in, at all the pressure I can raise with a hand-pumped grease gun. Loosening the fitting by...

I'm looking for a younger Cherokee to add to my 1990. I looked at a 1999, dark green, which had the paint coming off on the roof in scabby patches - down to metal and rusting, not just down to primer. Owner says Chrysler is going to repaint the roof. The question is, do late model XJs have...

My 1990 XJ has power steering that is too easy to turn, doesn't give confidence at highway speeds. I know this was fixed (boost reduced) by 1996. For those of us with the earlier steering, how about this adjustable steering valve (see link) for a solution? Wreckers around here would charge me a...

The new GMC Canyon/Chev Colorado pickups use rack and pinion steering. I'm tired of sloppy steering (yes, I've tried tracking down all the loose parts, replaced the tie rod ends, new control arm poly bushings, alignment and tire pressure ok, new track bar with poly bushings, ball joints check...

While at the dealer for parts, I looked at the Libertys on the lot. They had about 10 with the Chrysler 8.25 rear axle with disc brakes and 3.73 atio. The was one with all the options that had a 4.10 ratio. It didn't look as if it would be too hard to cut off the KJ mounts and add XJ mounts for...

There are past reports, way back, about towing with the rear driveshaft in place (front on dolly). The claim was that the 231 lacks a true neutral, so the rear wheels/driveshaft turn tcase innards if connected. The story goes that the tcase doesn't self-lubricate when run this way, and something...

We are well familiar with the rear drum brakes with the automatic adjusters that don't work. I'm working on two 1990 XJs (mine and my daughter's)with dana 35 axles. I see the problem being that the cable on the self adjuster is about 3/16 to 1/4 inch too long, so it can't hold the adjuster arm...