- Location
- Middle Tennessee
Friday afternoon Mark and I went to Express to get some parts for his car. I had found a few weeks before that there was an 1999 Explorer with an axle code 42. That is an 8.8 with 4.10 gears and an open differential. I figured it was long gone but it was still there so we grabbed it. I got home that night and was so sore and cramping.
On Saturday I felt pretty good so I went to work on the 1998 Grand Cherokee. I had planned to install the new Bilstein shocks, rotate the tires and change the oil. After raising the Jeep on the lift we found a broken 1.75" coil spacer on the drivers side rear. Luckily I had a set of used ones in a box so I installed one of them. We got the shocks on the rear and then moved to the front.
As I was tightening the lower mounting bolts I noticed how thin the pads were which led to further inspection of the rotors. They had tiny heat cracks in both rotors. I went to my inventory and installed two new rotors and a set of fresh pads.
Then I changed the oil with a fresh 51085 Wix and some 10W30 Cenex PCMO oil. While on the topside I attached the upper mounts for the shocks, which is a bugger on the drivers side due to all the ABS junk mounted over the top of the shock stud. But I got it done.
I dropped a lot of tools and my father-in-law Larry helped me a lot. We worked on the Grand for 7 hours. I went inside, cleaned up and proceeded to cramp up in my shoulders, sides and legs. Like it hurt so bad, all I could do it laugh. My wife and kids thought I was going nuts. I drank a lot of water and that seemed to help. I couldn't hardly walk Saturday night but I was better Sunday. I loafed around the house all day Sunday.
Very productive weekend. The Grand drives really nice with the new shocks.
On Saturday I felt pretty good so I went to work on the 1998 Grand Cherokee. I had planned to install the new Bilstein shocks, rotate the tires and change the oil. After raising the Jeep on the lift we found a broken 1.75" coil spacer on the drivers side rear. Luckily I had a set of used ones in a box so I installed one of them. We got the shocks on the rear and then moved to the front.
As I was tightening the lower mounting bolts I noticed how thin the pads were which led to further inspection of the rotors. They had tiny heat cracks in both rotors. I went to my inventory and installed two new rotors and a set of fresh pads.
Then I changed the oil with a fresh 51085 Wix and some 10W30 Cenex PCMO oil. While on the topside I attached the upper mounts for the shocks, which is a bugger on the drivers side due to all the ABS junk mounted over the top of the shock stud. But I got it done.
I dropped a lot of tools and my father-in-law Larry helped me a lot. We worked on the Grand for 7 hours. I went inside, cleaned up and proceeded to cramp up in my shoulders, sides and legs. Like it hurt so bad, all I could do it laugh. My wife and kids thought I was going nuts. I drank a lot of water and that seemed to help. I couldn't hardly walk Saturday night but I was better Sunday. I loafed around the house all day Sunday.
Very productive weekend. The Grand drives really nice with the new shocks.