RustyRenegade's Rejuvenation

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My recently purchased 2002 Jeep Renegade needs rejuvenation. I knew I'd be under it soon and the time has come to take the clutch out. I have suspension parts ordered as well.

My impressions so far... PB blaster is worse than transmission fluid. Now the fumes are going away, I plan on turning wrenches in the morning.
 

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Sitting low, may as well upgrade the suspension to OME now
stock springs and shocks were junk in first ten miles
 

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PB Blaster, while it might stink, is a god chemical to me.
I did the turbo upgrade on my one car, and before I started I sprayed EVERY bolt I could find with PB Blaster, then let it sit overnight. Broke NOTHING. Came apart like it'd never been heat cycled. Yea I took 4 days to do the job, spray/sit/wrench/repeat until everything is off, but not having to get replacement fasteners like exhaust studs made it all worth it.
If you have the time, I highly recommend it.
 

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Use Mopar Replacement parts. You can Not machine the clutch plate.
Here is the 2002 FSM: http://www.colorado4wheel.com/manuals/Jeep/KJ/2002JeepKJServiceManual.pdf


Thanks for the link and the advise. I am going to pull and replace with a little elbow grease to refresh the surface and nothing more.

I purchased the Luk replacement kit. I dont plan on treating it hard afterwards, it is just time for a replacements and this kit seemed better than most without mopar price
 
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Sitting low, may as well upgrade the suspension to OME now
stock springs and shocks were junk in first ten miles

I am not going to doing much other than pull a trailer through a woods to build an off-grid cabin. I am going budget and would love to go bigger. Monroe 171577 struts and Monroe 37203 OESpectrum shocks for a little over $230

I went ahead and got a refresh of ball joints, bushings, or anything with rubber that has deteriorated. Hopefully putting all the suspension parts in once it gets cooler. Right now, my focus is the clutch
 

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PB Blaster, while it might stink, is a god chemical to me.
I did the turbo upgrade on my one car, and before I started I sprayed EVERY bolt I could find with PB Blaster, then let it sit overnight. Broke NOTHING. Came apart like it'd never been heat cycled. Yea I took 4 days to do the job, spray/sit/wrench/repeat until everything is off, but not having to get replacement fasteners like exhaust studs made it all worth it.
If you have the time, I highly recommend it.

ABSOLUTELY AGREE! I reordered several bolts and parts that looked DONE. Sprayed PBB on it and the next day I kicked myself for re-ordering the bolts. The PBB is certainly a new product to me. It stinks so bad put it works so freaking good!

I am not spraying it in the garage again though. The next time I spray, I'll be outside and likely still have fans blowing...
 

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I am not going to doing much other than pull a trailer through a woods to build an off-grid cabin. I am going budget and would love to go bigger. Monroe 171577 struts and Monroe 37203 OESpectrum shocks for a little over $230

I went ahead and got a refresh of ball joints, bushings, or anything with rubber that has deteriorated. Hopefully putting all the suspension parts in once it gets cooler. Right now, my focus is the clutch

May last a year, did one install for a guy, just wanted the same as you mentioned. 2 weeks later was redoing his suspension to OME, still have the rear springs and Monroe shocks, plus the front Monroe coilovers after 13 years, just laying in the shop yet on the shelf LOL Less than 100 miles on them
and front shocks ,........... not struts
 

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This was 5am today

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ao595nbgN1aotyEvU3iS3QocVf43?e=V9b8OG

Learning to post the journey. This will end up being my avatar somehow. Regardless, the jeep has been flawless minus a leak. It could be the cause of curious in-cabin spotty rust.

Rusty pulled a utility trailer around 800ft where we want to build our initial structure. These feats are not achieved unscathed. This is what comes to mind atm.

- Rear Left tail light
- Rear Tire cover
- Driver Running board (Hit small stump at 5mph and bent nerf bar into rear tire. The plastic end kept it from damaging the tire. I know this because I was able to drive it after removing the plastic cap. I used my hand/power winch and used a tree to pull it forward, and back in place.)
- Passenger door interior handle - tint install
- Driver rear door interior handle - speaker install
- Driver driving bumper light - Installing LED messed something up
- 2" drop trailer hitch works EXCEPT the latch runs into spare tire AND trailer jack keeps the tricky back gate from helping solve situation
- Transfer case 4wd selector (Took a RC truck body pin and clipped it on the metal nipple from the shift cable onto the busted plastic housing controlling the selector)

I'll post a video when I figure that out.
 
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