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I had my rear driveshaft out yesterday while painting it and replacing its u-joints. I went for a drive in 4HI, so the jeep was really just operating in front wheel drive. As expected, there were some handling differences, such as the front wanting to dart around a bit while driving on bumpy...

I was trying to locate a leak of ATF on my transfer case and found that it seems to be dripping down from a sensor on the 241 transfer case. A gentle wiggle of the sensor showed some fresh red ATF around the edges, so I believe the O-ring has failed and needs to be replaced. After searching for...

I bought a used bumper featuring a swing-out spare tire carrier a while back. When I bought it, the hinge was stuck and it took a while to even get it apart. When I did, I discovered anti-seize that had gunked up pretty bad. After cleaning it, I reassembled with a coat of red lithium grease...

I just installed 4 new bolts in my 2004 rubicon's fuel rail. The old fasteners were in fine shape, but 2 were missing from before I took ownership of the jeep. I noticed the front fastener was actually a stud, and in some pictures of other TJ's I observed that the rearmost fastener was also a...

I am finally getting around to dealing with the body mount issues on my 2004 rubicon. Out of the 11 total body mounts, 4 are missing their bolts completely. I tried swapping in identical body mount bolts from elsewhere on the jeep, but it's pretty clear that there are snapped sections of the...

I have a 2004 rubicon with the NV3550 manual transmission. When I bought the jeep, I changed the trans fluid and discovered it was like chocolate milk, so water must have gotten in there previously. After seeing that, I extended the breather on top of the trans in case I ever go through depe...

Currently in the middle of a throwout bearing/clutch replacment job on my 04 rubicon. I figured I should replace the pilot bearing while I'm at it. A pilot bearing puller I borrowed from the Autoparts store couldn't get the pilot bearing out, so I tried the "bread method". After stuffing the...

All of my control arm bushings were worn out, and against the advice of most smart people on this forum, I decided to replace just the bushings rather than the arms themselves. I regret my choice :). It actually was not that difficult for me to press out the old bushings, although some required...

Thanks. Much appreciated

When I bought my 04 tj it had these coil spring spacers already installed. I want to know how much of lift there is, so I was going to measure the height of the spacer, but it looks like there are two spacers. The big one has 4 “sections”, but above that is another puck that looks like a spacer...

Yes that’s exactly what was happening. Just got it out finally by using a tiny ratchet with a torx bit. Hopefully anyone else who runs into this problem will read this and know to undo the frame side track bar bushing first, then there will be no tension on the axle side bushing when you jack up...

Or i guess maybe it cant hang on the spring. Maybe it’s hanging on the track bar itself?

So i guess the next step would be to disconnect the spring but i dont think anyone else has had to do that so i dont know why my jeep would be the only one

It’s hanging on the coil spring. Just removed the shock bolt to test that out and there’s no more clearance. But good idea and thanks.

I'm in the process of replacing all of the original bushings on my 2004 Rubicon. Haven't had too much trouble with stuck bolts, but I'm now working on removing the rear track bar and I can't access the lower bushing's torx head. I see many posts about it stripping out or being seized, but that...

I've seen some videos of people running a weldernator in their jeep and, while in use, they need to have the engine rpm fairly high or else their battery will be drained. While I don't have a weldernator or plan to have one any time soon, I am installing an onboard air compressor as well as a...

I hear of a lot of people carrying engine oil, gear oil, trans fluid, brake fluid, and the other fluids on the trail. It seems to me that if you were to break your oil pan or crack open a differential, then it would be very tough to seal either back up, and if you were able to, you’d need the...