Greetings,

I just bought my first Jeep last week. It's for my 16 year old
daughter. It's in great shape with the exception of too much play in
the steering. I've seen many write-ups concerning this. I've traced the
problem to be excessive play where the pitman arm joins the suspension.
My question is, would this be the piman arm, the link to the pitman
arm, or both?

 

You mean it's great shape for a ten year old car, with three
hundred thousand miles on it? The part that will make it feel loose is
the stabilizer shock absorber that you may just see behind the drag link
in this picture: http://www.cowtownjeeps.com/tech/FrontSusp.jpg And will
look like:
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/P...odelId-1001397
Or in that time no one greased the tie rod ends at each connection, may
be bad. Or ball joint at knuckle.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

unix-freak wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I just bought my first Jeep last week. It's for my 16 year old
> daughter. It's in great shape with the exception of too much play in
> the steering. I've seen many write-ups concerning this. I've traced the
> problem to be excessive play where the pitman arm joins the suspension.
> My question is, would this be the piman arm, the link to the pitman
> arm, or both?

 

You mean it's great shape for a ten year old car, with three
hundred thousand miles on it? The part that will make it feel loose is
the stabilizer shock absorber that you may just see behind the drag link
in this picture: http://www.cowtownjeeps.com/tech/FrontSusp.jpg And will
look like:
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/P...odelId-1001397
Or in that time no one greased the tie rod ends at each connection, may
be bad. Or ball joint at knuckle.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

unix-freak wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I just bought my first Jeep last week. It's for my 16 year old
> daughter. It's in great shape with the exception of too much play in
> the steering. I've seen many write-ups concerning this. I've traced the
> problem to be excessive play where the pitman arm joins the suspension.
> My question is, would this be the piman arm, the link to the pitman
> arm, or both?

 

You mean it's great shape for a ten year old car, with three
hundred thousand miles on it? The part that will make it feel loose is
the stabilizer shock absorber that you may just see behind the drag link
in this picture: http://www.cowtownjeeps.com/tech/FrontSusp.jpg And will
look like:
http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/P...odelId-1001397
Or in that time no one greased the tie rod ends at each connection, may
be bad. Or ball joint at knuckle.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

unix-freak wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I just bought my first Jeep last week. It's for my 16 year old
> daughter. It's in great shape with the exception of too much play in
> the steering. I've seen many write-ups concerning this. I've traced the
> problem to be excessive play where the pitman arm joins the suspension.
> My question is, would this be the piman arm, the link to the pitman
> arm, or both?

 

If you mean the 'tie rod end' there, then it needs to be replaced before
it falls off. I believe the part is called the drag link bar end.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

unix-freak wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I just bought my first Jeep last week. It's for my 16 year old
> daughter. It's in great shape with the exception of too much play in
> the steering. I've seen many write-ups concerning this. I've traced the
> problem to be excessive play where the pitman arm joins the suspension.
> My question is, would this be the piman arm, the link to the pitman
> arm, or both?

 

If you mean the 'tie rod end' there, then it needs to be replaced before
it falls off. I believe the part is called the drag link bar end.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

unix-freak wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I just bought my first Jeep last week. It's for my 16 year old
> daughter. It's in great shape with the exception of too much play in
> the steering. I've seen many write-ups concerning this. I've traced the
> problem to be excessive play where the pitman arm joins the suspension.
> My question is, would this be the piman arm, the link to the pitman
> arm, or both?

 

If you mean the 'tie rod end' there, then it needs to be replaced before
it falls off. I believe the part is called the drag link bar end.

Mike
86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

unix-freak wrote:
>
> Greetings,
>
> I just bought my first Jeep last week. It's for my 16 year old
> daughter. It's in great shape with the exception of too much play in
> the steering. I've seen many write-ups concerning this. I've traced the
> problem to be excessive play where the pitman arm joins the suspension.
> My question is, would this be the piman arm, the link to the pitman
> arm, or both?

 

L.W. ------ III (ßill) wrote:
> You mean it's great shape for a ten year old car, with three
> hundred thousand miles on it?

No, I mean it's in great shape. Also it only has 125,000 miles on it.

 

L.W. ------ III (ßill) wrote:
> You mean it's great shape for a ten year old car, with three
> hundred thousand miles on it?

No, I mean it's in great shape. Also it only has 125,000 miles on it.

 

L.W. ------ III (ßill) wrote:
> You mean it's great shape for a ten year old car, with three
> hundred thousand miles on it?

No, I mean it's in great shape. Also it only has 125,000 miles on it.