Hey everyone, new member here - hoping some of the knowledge base can help me out with a couple questions I have.
I currently have a '95 Jeep XJ - 231 T-Case (2wd, 4Hi, N, 4Lo), 4.0L HO Engine (That's about all I know from memory). It'd my daily driver and completely stock, but I've been in the process of deciding what needs to be done to make into a reliable trail-ready rig. Nothing fancy, probably not any rockcrawling, and anything done along those lines would be entirely situational.
So, now to the point - I crawled under her the other day to do some routine inspection after realizing that my mechanic didn't do anywhere near as much as he'd claimed to do last time it was in (didn't even change the oil/filter on what was supposed to be a full service :banghead.
Much to my dismay, despite the overall rust being nothing unmanageable, I came across this:
Can anyone tell me what I'm looking at? It's almost completely rusted off, hanging on by the edge of the metal - seems to be hitting up against what I believe to be my sway bars, as well. That's the rear end, left-side in case you can't tell. There's an identical piece (still intact) on the other side as well.
I've been having another issue recently with a very frightening grinding sound when I shift into 4Hi, but I'll save that for a later point since the Jeep is waiting on regis. atm anyway. We get tons of snow out here this time of year though, and the temp has easily been -15F at night. Gonna need to tackle that one soon.
Thanks in advance to everyone here. Look forward to posting more in the future, as I start the process of doing basic modding on 'er. And while I'm at it - if anyone has any advice for doing some basic mods to a stock XJ to make it more trail-capable, I'd love to hear them. Might make a seperate thread down the line.
I currently have a '95 Jeep XJ - 231 T-Case (2wd, 4Hi, N, 4Lo), 4.0L HO Engine (That's about all I know from memory). It'd my daily driver and completely stock, but I've been in the process of deciding what needs to be done to make into a reliable trail-ready rig. Nothing fancy, probably not any rockcrawling, and anything done along those lines would be entirely situational.
So, now to the point - I crawled under her the other day to do some routine inspection after realizing that my mechanic didn't do anywhere near as much as he'd claimed to do last time it was in (didn't even change the oil/filter on what was supposed to be a full service :banghead.
Much to my dismay, despite the overall rust being nothing unmanageable, I came across this:
Can anyone tell me what I'm looking at? It's almost completely rusted off, hanging on by the edge of the metal - seems to be hitting up against what I believe to be my sway bars, as well. That's the rear end, left-side in case you can't tell. There's an identical piece (still intact) on the other side as well.
I've been having another issue recently with a very frightening grinding sound when I shift into 4Hi, but I'll save that for a later point since the Jeep is waiting on regis. atm anyway. We get tons of snow out here this time of year though, and the temp has easily been -15F at night. Gonna need to tackle that one soon.
Thanks in advance to everyone here. Look forward to posting more in the future, as I start the process of doing basic modding on 'er. And while I'm at it - if anyone has any advice for doing some basic mods to a stock XJ to make it more trail-capable, I'd love to hear them. Might make a seperate thread down the line.