What about the Pitman arm? The statement about the drag link doesn't necessarily confirm the Pitman arm.
It's in the factory location... With a factory pitman arm
What about the Pitman arm? The statement about the drag link doesn't necessarily confirm the Pitman arm.
I haven’t- rumor has it the 03-06 Liberty shaft bearing is a direct fit and can be located- be worth checking into- it is a clamshell housing
If I ever get into one again I’m adding a zero or lube port-
Mine is so trashed, I'm sure the shaft is junk too. It measured out at 1.086" and I've seen other post that a new one is 1.094." Eight thousandths of an inch is HUGE when you're looking at shaft fits.
After some research, the 03 and up is the same part from the bearing to the bottom u joint. Because of the change to the merc steering box, Chrysler lengthened the shaft from the lower joint to the steering box. Others (I think it was @Chasitek) figured out that you can drive a pin out and free the section that is different and swap them between the early intermediate shaft and late.
So, last night I purchased a dorman intermediate shaft for an early model TJ for 200 bucks off Amazon. Should be here tomorrow. I'll drive there pin out tonight and get that lower section cleaned up. Probably put a "how-to" together for future reference. I don't know why they don't make an aftermarket version of the later model intermediate shaft.
After some research, the 03 and up is the same part from the bearing to the bottom u joint. Because of the change to the merc steering box, Chrysler lengthened the shaft from the lower joint to the steering box. Others (I think it was @Chasitek) figured out that you can drive a pin out and free the section that is different and swap them between the early intermediate shaft and late.
So, last night I purchased a dorman intermediate shaft for an early model TJ for 200 bucks off Amazon. Should be here tomorrow. I'll drive there pin out tonight and get that lower section cleaned up. Probably put a "how-to" together for future reference. I don't know why they don't make an aftermarket version of the later model intermediate shaft.
Which pin are we talking about?
We talked, but in the interest of providing clarity to the thread...This is the roll pin I am planning on knocking out. Now that I know its rubber bonded...not sure that is the hot ticket anymore.
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I suppose another option would be to pull the U-joints apart and replace it that way...I know they are staked in place, but that is pretty easily rectified.
I tried to drive that pin out at lunch...Its not moving easily. It looks like they may have assembled the steel parts together, placed the pin in, then injected some sort of rubber isolator into the joint. I'll play with it more this evening.
We performed a light forensic examination on several of the carrier bearings. What is happening to most of them is the rubber single lip wiper type seal is deteriorated and allowing crap into the bearing. It also induces play at the end of the white ball clamshells that is not entirely indicative of the bearing's actual state and the amount of play it has on the plastic shaft liner. I suspect some lube and a couple of good o-rings at the ends in the original grooves would help a bunch.
should we think about this as a preventative maintenance issue, to pull this stuff out, clean it up, grease the bearing, and add o-rings to extend the life of the hard parts?
should we think about this as a preventative maintenance issue, to pull this stuff out, clean it up, grease the bearing, and add o-rings to extend the life of the hard parts?