What did you do to your jeep today?

[lfhoward]

I am looking at OME 93009 shocks and they do not fit the OME 2927 springs but supposedly both are for the Jeep Liberty. Super frustrating. The shocks have a spring perch that is a smaller diameter than the spring so they do not work together.

Mine is H&R but I've got some Mopar struts laying around

Thank you for the offer. I have a set of Mopars I got from the junkyard. The OME 2927 springs are the same diameter as the Mopar springs but the Mopar shocks have a spring perch wide enough to match. It is welded to the unit so not swappable over to the 93009 shocks.

 

[lfhoward]

I was able to return the OME 93009 shocks and order a pair of Bilstein B8 5100’s. Fingers crossed they are actually in stock because they are out of stock a lot of places nationwide right now.

 

[Luke]

You’ll just have to get the 6112’s then.

 

[lfhoward]

You’ll just have to get the 6112’s then.

Might as well go whole hog, right?

I don’t know of anyone who is running the 6112 setup on a Liberty. I will leave that honor of being the first to someone else.

 

[Luke]

They sure are nice! I have the 5100’s in the rear (with a Bilstein +1” coil) though so I only went half hog They usually pair with the 5160 reservoir type in the rear.

 

[KJowner]

I am looking at OME 93009 shocks and they do not fit the OME 2927 springs but supposedly both are for the Jeep Liberty. Super frustrating. The shocks have a spring perch that is a smaller diameter than the spring so they do not work together.

Sorry I zipped through your original post and read OME not OME!
Just a thought, could you cut the perch off the Mopar struts and bolt / stich weld it to OME shocks?
I soaked my shocks perch's with lanolin before I put the rubber mount on when I saw how rusty the original struts were.

 

[burntkat]

If you guys who are familiar with the manual 6 speed could take a look at my recent post (previous to this one in its own thread) and let me know what this little widget is on the slave hydraulic line, I'd be immensely grateful to you....

EDIT - this post... https://www.jeepkj.com/threads/what-the-heck-is-this-thing.82151/
Thanks in advance for having a gander....

 

[uss2defiant]

replaced the alternator tonight.

 

[burntkat]

Not mine, but my son's XJ....
(well, mine by title)...
Ditched the fan clutch and its associated stock fan in favor for a flex fan and aluminum coupling/spacer to go in place of the existing fan clutch. Despite measuring the old fan and so on, we finally zeroed in on the coupler size...

97 4.0, auto. 4x4 FYI...
15" CCW rotation, with a 2.25" fan spacer seems to be the ticket.

The existing fan clutch passed the spin test, but he couldn't sit in traffic with the AC on without the jeep overheating. Seems that this solved the problem. I should note that we replaced the head 5 years ago, have tested for combustion gasses in the coolant. Coolant/hoses/belts/WP are all within 1 year of brand new and always LT warranty parts from a reputable manufacturer when available. Coolant SG is within spec, pressure tested, etc. My son is a pro wrench for the local Jeep Dealership.

I had a similar issue with my 05 Liberty overheating last year, solved it the same way. Apparently I had a couple bad fan clutches in a row. I can no longer trust them, as they cost me 3k in engine work (pull the heads, machine and replace) so my Jeeps are all going back to old school flex fans.