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  1. Steering shake after 2 stabilizers replaced, label on top points backwards?

    So.....going back in for the steering wobble.....again. Never had a problem until the recall was done, twice. Yesterday I was washing the Jeep and noticed a label on top of the stabilizer. It says "Front of vehicle" with an arrow pointed toward the rear of the vehicle. Is that how it was...
  2. Severe bucking at low rpm, 1st gear, uphill (manual trans)?

    I started this thread over a year ago and Jeep has not fixed this, yet. It now also does it trying to drive downhill in 2nd gear, at light throttle. I have had to drive slowly through construction zones (flag person controlled) and had them screaming at me and waving their SLOW sign because it...
  3. This is Death wobble

    Just food for thought, but in a previous life I built a straight axle street rod (and worked on a lot of others), plus worked on a lot of straight axle FJ40 and FJ55 back in the 60s and 70s. Every time I had trouble with the front end shake and steering wobble (usually induced by a bump or road...
  4. Homemade roof rack update and tips to know

    My bender is JD Squared manual model, and this was done with their 3/4" square tube dies. I also bought the 1 5/8" dies, 7" radius, for building roll cages for Salt Flats cars, and two different radius of 1" round for motorcycle frames. The 3/4" 3.5" radius square die is also nice for stair...
  5. Homemade roof rack update and tips to know

    The pics are in https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/forum/threads/homemade-roofrack-for-jlur.11613/
  6. Homemade roof rack update and tips to know

    You may have seen my rack under "Homemade roof rack for JLUR". We just completed a 3500 mile run with quite a bit of rough road running in western Montana, Colorado Rockies, and a fun time in Moab (including Fins and Things trail which was a thrill for us old folks). Running hard on some long...
  7. Cracked tail light

    My left rear was broken by a pedestrian who's elbow bumped it while walking between parked cars. Dealer quote is $699 for the replacement part. I took it out and super glued it together and it is holding. The fragile material choice, combined with the exact height of little old ladies elbows...
  8. Severe bucking at low rpm, 1st gear, uphill (manual trans)?

    Test drove another manual trans Wrangler (not a Rubicon) on the same street as dealer tested mine. It has basically the same problem.....you can let it idle slowly up the hill with no problem, but you cannot increase your speed a few miles-per-hour without the bucking effect becoming...
  9. Severe bucking at low rpm, 1st gear, uphill (manual trans)?

    Test drove another manual trans Wrangler (not a Rubicon) on the same street as dealer tested mine. It has basically the same problem.....you can let it idle slowly up the hill with no problem, but you cannot increase your speed a few miles-per-hour without the bucking effect becoming...
  10. Severe bucking at low rpm, 1st gear, uphill (manual trans)?

    This light throttle bucking is embarrassing on the Moab trails. We were tagging along with a large group of Jeeps on "Fins and Things" and the bucking was a problem on some of the steepest rock faces. Despite lowered tire pressures I was getting tire squealing. The only way I could climb...
  11. Homemade roofrack for JLUR

    Sorry for late reply.....not so good on internet stuff. You are lying on your back, on the ground, looking up at the right rear body mount with my 1/4" thick steel rack support plate held by the body bolt. This plate has several bends in it, and a dog -leg portion welded at the outer end to...
  12. More GOOD about the new 6-speed Aisan trans!

    I learned/discovered this is a Synchromesh reverse AND it has the speed sensing blocking so you cannot get into reverse if you are over about 8 mph. Below that speed, it shifts into reverse just fine, while driving forward. That is pure magic when you are working out the bottom of a big "snow...
  13. Severe bucking at low rpm, 1st gear, uphill (manual trans)?

    Well.....zero progress on this, as far as I know. The relearn on the throttle has gradually turned for the worse and now it bucks steadily when trying to drive downhill at around 1500-1800 RPM. There has been no improvement on the light throttle bucking uphill or in parking lots. The surging...
  14. Attention dingy tow owners

    Thanks....I did get it working nice today. I really wanted to save the underseat storage for several items, and it worked out fine. The new Brake Buddy II is pretty neat because it no longer uses the air compressor and also has automatic self-setup. It even comes with a mini battery charger...
  15. auxilary switch wires mis-routed during manufacture, passenger footwell

    I was able to get the harness out this morning, after I removed the right front seat, and some trim stuff. With the seat out, I got my head in where I could see bare copper wire....I said, "Oh, oh....can't leave that in there to start turning green and rotten." Only one wire was destroyed (the...
  16. auxilary switch wires mis-routed during manufacture, passenger footwell

    Thank you....I was pretty sure that's what these are, but I just cant get them pulled out of the pinch point. Lousy deal.....and time is getting short to finish for the upcoming road trip. It feels like I have been working on this Jeep almost every day for the last 2 months.
  17. Brake failure

    I can remember investigating cars that had booster failure on 4-wheel disc brake models. They feel like you are gliding along on the ice, when you are pushing as hard as you can. …..and those cars didn't weigh near as much as this Jeep! Vacuum booster failures are rare and usually only show...
  18. Attention dingy tow owners

    I am working on installing wiring etc. for the Brake Buddy II and ran into an interesting problem. There is a large block area (in the Jeep floor/carpet) ahead of the driver's seat that does NOT leave enough room for the Brake Buddy (or similar) to sit on the floor. The available length is...
  19. auxilary switch wires mis-routed during manufacture, passenger footwell

    I couldn't find the wires for quite a while. I think I finally found them, but if these are the ones....they can't be used because they are balled up and bolted against the firewall by the A/C unit (see picture). The dealer won't like this repair....it is probably a tough job to get that A/C...
  20. Homemade roofrack for JLUR

    Right now, it is good....but this has made me rethink my idea to build Jerry can mounts like we used to do on our FJ40s back in the late 60s. Here is a pic, deep on the White Rim Trail in the days before this was a park! We used to drive back in there and set up camp on top of the...


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