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  1. retmil46

    Who makes the best heavy duty diff cover?

    Here's another option for a rear diff cover, probably more geared (no pun intended) for on-road use - http://www.yourcovers.com/ Sand cast aluminum with cooling fins, fill and drain plugs standard, extra 3/4 quart fluid capacity, for our 8 1/4 axles. They also make extra capacity tranny...
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    DynaBeads

    If you check Dynabead's website, they do give the "hybrid" approach as one option - leaving the normal wheel weights on, and adding only about half the normal weight of dynabeads they'd recommend for that application, to smooth things out even further. They said this helps correct any uneven...
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    Cooper tyres

    I replaced the stock Wrangler S/T's on my 05 CRD with a set of Cooper Discover ATR's in 245/70/16. I put roughly 34,000 miles on them before having to replace them due to front end alignment being out (and the shop I asked to check the alignment totally blowing it off :favorites68:), still had...
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    Roll Over

    Agreed on the coolant. And don't use the "all makes/all models" junk - Zerex G-05 (NAPA and Carquest), Mopar 5/150, Ford Motorcraft Premium Gold - are honest to gawd HOAT coolants. On my old 87 MB 300D diesel, which uses the same HOAT coolant, owners manual recommends changing it out every 3...
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    Plastic Bushings in 05 Front Diff?

    OK, here's the $64 question - exactly which bearings did they replace with plastic bushings?
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    Plastic Bushings in 05 Front Diff?

    Got an e-mail from a CRD friend up in Charlotte this morning. He'd found a thread on one of the Jeep forums where a gent with an 05 KJ had purchased a used front diff out of an older KJ, had it rebuilt with 4.10 gears, and installed in his 05. What's interesting is that the diff rebuild...
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    Rod knock??? Did I buy a lemon???

    Agree with the others after listening to the video several times - sounds like something loose rattling in or on the exhaust system or bell housing. I've encountered an engine with bad rod knock before - that later threw # 3 cylinder thru the side of the motor. Believe me, there would be NO...
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    Milage

    250 miles to a tank highway? Ummmm, with a 20 gallon tank, that wouldn't be much more than around 15 mpg.:shrug: I end up getting 400 miles normal commuting, and over 500 miles per tank on long interstate trips. Thanks for making me feel better about driving an oil burner.
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    Odd Drivetrain Noise/Tire Wear

    Well, finally found out what was causing the drivetrain noise. Replacing the shocks all around and the rear upper suspension arm muffled the noise, but it didn't go away. Balljoint on the suspension arm was shot - you could move it around with one finger. New quickstrut assemblies on the...
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    Frt. Drive Shaft

    Don't know what rep different suppliers have for quality, but even NAPA sells the rebuild kits for both ends of the driveshaft now. From what how-to videos I've seen on line, either end is a fairly simple job with just basic hand tools - depending on circumstances, why not do it yourself and...
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    Changed Spark Plugs-MPG Dropped

    Be forewarned - my father lives just down the road from you in Mooresville - so that same mechanic is in YOUR neck of the woods as well!!
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    Changed Spark Plugs-MPG Dropped

    X2. Did you check the gap on the new plugs prior to installing them? A couple years back, my father had a local mechanic change the plugs on his '98 F150 with the 5.4 V8. Thing ran like crap after he got it back. When I dug into it to check it out, not only had the guy used the wrong plugs -...
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    alingment

    If the alignment is spot on, might want to look at the brakes. Haynes manual mentions that if you've made sure the tires are in good condition and inflated properly, and the front end alignment is correct, but the vehicle still wants to pull to one side, especialy during braking, then there are...
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    U-joints

    You can go to www.napaonline.com and do a vehicle based search. They've greatly revised their website and it's very easy to do a parts search now. Also allows you to "reserve" a part, so that the store you select will get it shipped in from the warehouse and they'll give you a call when it...
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    Aerodynamics

    Here's something that might be worth a look - http://www.airtabs.com/main.html No idea if you could fit on enough to be of any help on a KJ - provided they work as advertised.
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    Aerodynamics

    Ummmm, get the engine and drivetrain out of a wrecked CRD?:hidesbehindsofa:
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    Samco pipes in south africa

    Here's one possibility, where I got mine from a couple years back - http://www.boostcontroller.com/index.php?category=328 Price $248 USD.
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    quick question on struts/lift

    Don't know about online, but NAPA carries the lower bushings for where the strut arm mounts to the lower control arm. You can search napaonline and find them - their description actually lists "strut to arm" - about $12 each - then reserve them for pickup at a local store or ship direct. Wait...
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    Rear diff rebuild

    I've been told there's one other possibility, by a couple friends that frequent other forums - that it's not a problem with the rear diff, but a problem with the rear suspension - more specifically, with sound isolation for the rear diff. I've got similar symptoms - around 50 to 52K miles...
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    Odd Drivetrain Noise/Tire Wear

    Did the checks in the FSM to narrow down the cause of the noise - goes away when you're at speed and back off the throttle, or even when on a downgrade - ie, when you unload the rear drivetrain - all indications pointing to the rear diff. No sideways movement though. But no vibration...

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