What did you do to your TJ today?

New o2 sensor seems to have done the trick, no CEL no codes and as of today's drive, all sensors are ready. Gonna pass my inspection tomorrow and finally get the title in my name. It is highly satisfying to take a jeep with issues that the PO couldn't resolve and thus priced it low, and then fix those issues with next to no money or effort. I have 2 TJ's and both were acquired in this way. I won't apologize. I figure I'm saving them from an eternity of rusting out on the side of some dude's trailer.
 
Added a double din. Saving cleanup for tomorrow cause I'm tired

Fixed trans linkage

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New o2 sensor seems to have done the trick, no CEL no codes and as of today's drive, all sensors are ready. Gonna pass my inspection tomorrow and finally get the title in my name. It is highly satisfying to take a jeep with issues that the PO couldn't resolve and thus priced it low, and then fix those issues with next to no money or effort. I have 2 TJ's and both were acquired in this way. I won't apologize. I figure I'm saving them from an eternity of rusting out on the side of some dude's trailer.

WOOHOO passed inspection. When I bought it I figured I would need to play the old "$100 to pass" gambit, but instead one correct O2 sensor and I'm legal again.

Replaced the unit bearings over the weekend and I swear it handles way worse now. It's like the sloppy bearings were counteracting some other alignment issue and now that the bearings have no play I'm bringing other issues to the forefront. I've never had a camber problem before so I'm going to get actual alignment #'s from Firestone (there's a jeep guy at my local shop) and see where we land.
 
Replaced the unit bearings over the weekend and I swear it handles way worse now. It's like the sloppy bearings were counteracting some other alignment issue and now that the bearings have no play I'm bringing other issues to the forefront. I've never had a camber problem before so I'm going to get actual alignment #'s from Firestone (there's a jeep guy at my local shop) and see where we land.

I replaced the unit bearings in my son's jeep last week and thought the same thing. I can feel the little nuances that I didn't feel before.
 
I replaced the unit bearings in my son's jeep last week and thought the same thing. I can feel the little nuances that I didn't feel before.

Well what you’re going to get into sometimes is like making one quieter...The more you hear other things.

I had a really bad set of unit bearings in one of my Rubicon’s one time and when I replaced them then I had to go back in and dial-in the other things that the unit bearings were masking.

The first thing I had to do was reset the toe. Worn unit bearings will give you an incorrect toe setting.

If you will be persistent you can get a really good level of steering- At the same time I got my 03 to the point that it started to feel like a go cart and I was like if I make this thing any better - it’s going to be worse.
 
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