Jack Myers

My '98 Sahara has a noisy exhaust leak that quiets down after a couple of minutes.
This is a used Jeep that I bought about a year and a half ago. After my neighbor
complained I investigated. The fasteners around the exhaust port for the #6
cylinder are missing. There should be a bolt and washer on the top together
with a stud and nut on the bottom. The parts guy said "those studs are known to
break" and, sure enough, he's right. I can probe The remains of the stud just
below the level of its threaded hole.

Q1: Is there any hope of replacing the stud with the engine in the Jeep.

Q2: What happens to lazy people who simply replace the bolt and ignore the
broken stud?

Jeff Strickland

Your '98 Wrangler is NOT a V6. There are NO Wrangler models with a V6 motor.




"Jack Myers" <jmyers@n6wuz.net> wrote in message
news:12co90mjrh3pob2@corp.supernews.com...
> My '98 Sahara has a noisy exhaust leak that quiets down after a couple of
> minutes.
> This is a used Jeep that I bought about a year and a half ago. After my
> neighbor
> complained I investigated. The fasteners around the exhaust port for the
> #6
> cylinder are missing. There should be a bolt and washer on the top
> together
> with a stud and nut on the bottom. The parts guy said "those studs are
> known to
> break" and, sure enough, he's right. I can probe The remains of the stud
> just
> below the level of its threaded hole.
>
> Q1: Is there any hope of replacing the stud with the engine in the Jeep.
>
> Q2: What happens to lazy people who simply replace the bolt and ignore the
> broken stud?
>

Jeff Strickland

Your '98 Wrangler is NOT a V6. There are NO Wrangler models with a V6 motor.




"Jack Myers" <jmyers@n6wuz.net> wrote in message
news:12co90mjrh3pob2@corp.supernews.com...
> My '98 Sahara has a noisy exhaust leak that quiets down after a couple of
> minutes.
> This is a used Jeep that I bought about a year and a half ago. After my
> neighbor
> complained I investigated. The fasteners around the exhaust port for the
> #6
> cylinder are missing. There should be a bolt and washer on the top
> together
> with a stud and nut on the bottom. The parts guy said "those studs are
> known to
> break" and, sure enough, he's right. I can probe The remains of the stud
> just
> below the level of its threaded hole.
>
> Q1: Is there any hope of replacing the stud with the engine in the Jeep.
>
> Q2: What happens to lazy people who simply replace the bolt and ignore the
> broken stud?
>

Jeff Strickland

Your '98 Wrangler is NOT a V6. There are NO Wrangler models with a V6 motor.




"Jack Myers" <jmyers@n6wuz.net> wrote in message
news:12co90mjrh3pob2@corp.supernews.com...
> My '98 Sahara has a noisy exhaust leak that quiets down after a couple of
> minutes.
> This is a used Jeep that I bought about a year and a half ago. After my
> neighbor
> complained I investigated. The fasteners around the exhaust port for the
> #6
> cylinder are missing. There should be a bolt and washer on the top
> together
> with a stud and nut on the bottom. The parts guy said "those studs are
> known to
> break" and, sure enough, he's right. I can probe The remains of the stud
> just
> below the level of its threaded hole.
>
> Q1: Is there any hope of replacing the stud with the engine in the Jeep.
>
> Q2: What happens to lazy people who simply replace the bolt and ignore the
> broken stud?
>

Jeff Strickland

Your '98 Wrangler is NOT a V6. There are NO Wrangler models with a V6 motor.




"Jack Myers" <jmyers@n6wuz.net> wrote in message
news:12co90mjrh3pob2@corp.supernews.com...
> My '98 Sahara has a noisy exhaust leak that quiets down after a couple of
> minutes.
> This is a used Jeep that I bought about a year and a half ago. After my
> neighbor
> complained I investigated. The fasteners around the exhaust port for the
> #6
> cylinder are missing. There should be a bolt and washer on the top
> together
> with a stud and nut on the bottom. The parts guy said "those studs are
> known to
> break" and, sure enough, he's right. I can probe The remains of the stud
> just
> below the level of its threaded hole.
>
> Q1: Is there any hope of replacing the stud with the engine in the Jeep.
>
> Q2: What happens to lazy people who simply replace the bolt and ignore the
> broken stud?
>

DougW

"Jack Myers" <jmyers@n6wuz.net> wrote in message news:12co90mjrh3pob2@corp.supernews.com...
> My '98 Sahara has a noisy exhaust leak that quiets down after a couple of minutes.
> This is a used Jeep that I bought about a year and a half ago. After my neighbor
> complained I investigated. The fasteners around the exhaust port for the #6
> cylinder are missing. There should be a bolt and washer on the top together
> with a stud and nut on the bottom. The parts guy said "those studs are known to
> break" and, sure enough, he's right. I can probe The remains of the stud just
> below the level of its threaded hole.
>
> Q1: Is there any hope of replacing the stud with the engine in the Jeep.

Hard to say. You have to drill out the old stud and use an extractor to get it out.
If you have enough room for the drill (or a drill with a 90 degree adaptor)
or possibly a dremmel, and the extractor, then yes. Otherwise your stuck with
having to do one of two things.
1) remove the engine
2) remove the head
Both of those are almost equal pains.

On the 93ZJ I can say the last stud can't be done in the engine bay.

> Q2: What happens to lazy people who simply replace the bolt and ignore the
> broken stud?

Depends on how many threads are left. Most likely it will not hold and
the exahust will leak again.

--
DougW

DougW

"Jack Myers" <jmyers@n6wuz.net> wrote in message news:12co90mjrh3pob2@corp.supernews.com...
> My '98 Sahara has a noisy exhaust leak that quiets down after a couple of minutes.
> This is a used Jeep that I bought about a year and a half ago. After my neighbor
> complained I investigated. The fasteners around the exhaust port for the #6
> cylinder are missing. There should be a bolt and washer on the top together
> with a stud and nut on the bottom. The parts guy said "those studs are known to
> break" and, sure enough, he's right. I can probe The remains of the stud just
> below the level of its threaded hole.
>
> Q1: Is there any hope of replacing the stud with the engine in the Jeep.

Hard to say. You have to drill out the old stud and use an extractor to get it out.
If you have enough room for the drill (or a drill with a 90 degree adaptor)
or possibly a dremmel, and the extractor, then yes. Otherwise your stuck with
having to do one of two things.
1) remove the engine
2) remove the head
Both of those are almost equal pains.

On the 93ZJ I can say the last stud can't be done in the engine bay.

> Q2: What happens to lazy people who simply replace the bolt and ignore the
> broken stud?

Depends on how many threads are left. Most likely it will not hold and
the exahust will leak again.

--
DougW

DougW

"Jack Myers" <jmyers@n6wuz.net> wrote in message news:12co90mjrh3pob2@corp.supernews.com...
> My '98 Sahara has a noisy exhaust leak that quiets down after a couple of minutes.
> This is a used Jeep that I bought about a year and a half ago. After my neighbor
> complained I investigated. The fasteners around the exhaust port for the #6
> cylinder are missing. There should be a bolt and washer on the top together
> with a stud and nut on the bottom. The parts guy said "those studs are known to
> break" and, sure enough, he's right. I can probe The remains of the stud just
> below the level of its threaded hole.
>
> Q1: Is there any hope of replacing the stud with the engine in the Jeep.

Hard to say. You have to drill out the old stud and use an extractor to get it out.
If you have enough room for the drill (or a drill with a 90 degree adaptor)
or possibly a dremmel, and the extractor, then yes. Otherwise your stuck with
having to do one of two things.
1) remove the engine
2) remove the head
Both of those are almost equal pains.

On the 93ZJ I can say the last stud can't be done in the engine bay.

> Q2: What happens to lazy people who simply replace the bolt and ignore the
> broken stud?

Depends on how many threads are left. Most likely it will not hold and
the exahust will leak again.

--
DougW

DougW

"Jack Myers" <jmyers@n6wuz.net> wrote in message news:12co90mjrh3pob2@corp.supernews.com...
> My '98 Sahara has a noisy exhaust leak that quiets down after a couple of minutes.
> This is a used Jeep that I bought about a year and a half ago. After my neighbor
> complained I investigated. The fasteners around the exhaust port for the #6
> cylinder are missing. There should be a bolt and washer on the top together
> with a stud and nut on the bottom. The parts guy said "those studs are known to
> break" and, sure enough, he's right. I can probe The remains of the stud just
> below the level of its threaded hole.
>
> Q1: Is there any hope of replacing the stud with the engine in the Jeep.

Hard to say. You have to drill out the old stud and use an extractor to get it out.
If you have enough room for the drill (or a drill with a 90 degree adaptor)
or possibly a dremmel, and the extractor, then yes. Otherwise your stuck with
having to do one of two things.
1) remove the engine
2) remove the head
Both of those are almost equal pains.

On the 93ZJ I can say the last stud can't be done in the engine bay.

> Q2: What happens to lazy people who simply replace the bolt and ignore the
> broken stud?

Depends on how many threads are left. Most likely it will not hold and
the exahust will leak again.

--
DougW

mike smith

Jack Myers wrote:
> My '98 Sahara has a noisy exhaust leak that quiets down after a couple of minutes.
> This is a used Jeep that I bought about a year and a half ago. After my neighbor
> complained I investigated. The fasteners around the exhaust port for the #6
> cylinder are missing. There should be a bolt and washer on the top together
> with a stud and nut on the bottom. The parts guy said "those studs are known to
> break" and, sure enough, he's right. I can probe The remains of the stud just
> below the level of its threaded hole.
>
> Q1: Is there any hope of replacing the stud with the engine in the Jeep.
>
> Q2: What happens to lazy people who simply replace the bolt and ignore the
> broken stud?

My 97 had the same issue when I looked into it there was an extended
warrenty to 80K in the exaust manifold I had the dealer replace the two
front bolts at 60K then I had the back ones done at 120K at my local
trustworthy garage.
I don't think it was to expensive to have done.

Thanks Mike S..