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I will also add, the serpentine belt on the jeep was the wrong size and routed incorrectly to make it work. The belt looked fine but I bought the correct size and routed it properly.

I have a couple good medical stethscopes at work, keep forgetting to bring one home so I resorted to the wrench. And I just did the water pump and thermostat about 1000 miles ago so I believe those are fine. Fan clutch (I believe) is good as well, not able to spin it when engine is hot or cold.

Yet another dumb question, Having a squeal on cold start that goes away when warmed up and then happens continuously when in gear and goes away in neutral. With a wrench, put it on alternator, idler pulley, and belt tensioner. Sound seems to be coming from the tensioner pulley. Replaced the...

Thanks again JMT for answering all my dumb questions haha

And then do the same with the old one and just reuse that rubber? Might go rent a ball joint press to make these easier

Bolt from the truss

Probably a super easy way that I’m not thinking of, but I got some ranchos to replace the old bilstein 5100s on the LJ. The bottom of the front shocks on the ranchos have a bracket for the stock set up, however the bottoms of my Bilsteins are a through bolt. Basically what’s the best way to...

Very informative, thank you for taking the time to type all that out

Awesome thank you

Welp. If you guys have any guesses as to what I need before I break out the measuring tape later, it would be appreciated haha

Thank you for the help!

Sounds good thank you. Can you by chance ID the rear drive shaft from the picture?

Just did a vin look up, turns out its a non-rubi. Correcting that now

Would the 1310X fit all 6 for the shafts? Again, I'm not sure what these driveshafts are.

Hello all, long time reader--new member. Bought an 06 LJ back in December and started having some vibration issues recently. Had the front driver side ball joints and tie rod replaced since they were shot, along with wheels balanced and alligned. Thinking its more of a drive train issue...