Recent content by rdu-jeep

What I mean is, I don't see a difference between: 1. my existing stock knuckle (not replaced) and my Moog TRE (from Amazon) ... As seen in original post 2. this new knuckle and new Moog TRE (from Advance Auto) that I bought tonight and put together It looks the same to me

Brand new stock TJ knuckle (Crown Automotive) with a brand new TRE (Moog ES3096L) at 55ft lbs (dry fit before I took anything apart) This must be a Moog thing. I'm not seeing a difference between this and my setup.

55 ft lbs factory spec for TJ

35 is from the ZJ service manual, which is funny to me because it's a beefier steering system but requires less torque? I did 55 for both TRE and for the drag link to pittman arm nut. I'll stick the old TRE in there and see what it looks like. Could drop that TRE into the other side to see if...

I am still using stock knuckle, only replaced everything else around it lol

Yeah I did see that, I looked through every photo in this thread and most of them seem like mine, maybe not as bad? But still "squished" on driver side more than passenger side. I'll be calling Moog to ask about it and see if I might could get another dust boot. I tried to take this one off and...

Oh it's easy to tell, there's grease slung all over the inside of the wheel :ROFLMAO: I took the wheel off and reinstalled the tie rod end, while the boot does not make contact with the shielding I wonder if it does when I'm steering to the right ... I made another thread yesterday where I...

yep i found the same thing this made my dust boot squeeze out and it got torn on the dust/heat shield that is behind the hub assembly not seeing how these moog dust boots come off the tie rod end, but if i replace it it will probably rip again most likely need to remove tire and cut out a piece...

Drag Link to Pitman Arm Nut - 81 Nm / 60 ft.lbs. Drag Link to Knuckle Nut - 47 Nm / 35 ft.lbs. Drag Link Clamp Bolts - 49 Nm / 36 ft.lbs. Tie Rod Clamp Bolts - 49 Nm / 35 ft.lbs Tie Rod Knuckle - 47 Nm / 35 ft.lbs Tie Rod to Drag Link - 75 Nm / 55 ft.lbs. so the stock torque spec for a TJ is 55...

If I determine it's the knuckle being bored out, is this the right fix rather than replacing the whole knuckle? https://www.quadratec.com/products/16356_1110.htm

Good points here, thanks for the feedback everyone. I'll have to take it back apart after my beach trip and see how another tie rod end fits. I really hope I don't need a new knuckle, I just got done with ball joints last week.

I just replaced tie rods, track bar, drag link with all new Moog parts as talked about on this forum. When torqued at 55 ft lbs the driver's side tie rod nut is past the hole in the bolt where the cotter pin isn't seated in the castle nut, it's above it. The passenger's side tie rod nut seems...

What do people do to mess up their drain plug, cross thread it?

Did you order a new ball joint for it or were you able to just get a new dust boot? My new spicer 706944X lower ball joint dust boot cover has a small hole/tear in it and I'm hoping I don't have to replace the whole thing.

I put these in last year https://www.crutchfield.com/p_20646CC654/Kicker-46CSC654.html