"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
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> 97tjMike wrote:
>> To clear a couple of things up. First of all, I bent back my dust
>> guard on the brakes and the problem lessened. Now it hardly happens.
>
> Woah now! That is 'not' a good thing!!!!
>
> That means the hub has lateral movement in it which means either the
> bearing is shot or the hub is loose or the axle nut is loose.
>
> Any of these can cause the front wheel to fall off.
>
>


I'm with Mike on this. You seriously need to take the right side hub apart
again and make sure it is PROPERLY installed. Everything you've said is a
Red Flag screaming DANGER, ABORT. This can lead to serious death or injury
to not only you but innocent bystanders.





> I
>> guess it was just everything "settling in."
>
> That does not happen with your repair. It is either right or wrong.
>
> With that problem out of
>> the way (I hope), I still need to address the center problem. Yes, it
>> happened before I changed the hub, and the steering box is brand new
>> (but it happened before that as well). I'm gonna hopefully rip the
>> drivers side apart Saturday so I can check the U-Joint on that side.
>> Some of you have suggested that its NOT a U-Joint. What else could it
>> be?
>
> A bad ball joint can or will cause the steering to bind. That happened to
> me recently and I had to 'pull' the steering back straight.
>
> Again this can cause your wheel to fall off when the ball joint fails.
>
> I also suspected my steering damper shock, but it turned out mine was a
> hollow tube with a rod flopping in it.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's - Gone to the rust pile...
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

 

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:46a9f08d$0$16468$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosti ng.com...
> 97tjMike wrote:
>> To clear a couple of things up. First of all, I bent back my dust
>> guard on the brakes and the problem lessened. Now it hardly happens.
>
> Woah now! That is 'not' a good thing!!!!
>
> That means the hub has lateral movement in it which means either the
> bearing is shot or the hub is loose or the axle nut is loose.
>
> Any of these can cause the front wheel to fall off.
>
>


I'm with Mike on this. You seriously need to take the right side hub apart
again and make sure it is PROPERLY installed. Everything you've said is a
Red Flag screaming DANGER, ABORT. This can lead to serious death or injury
to not only you but innocent bystanders.





> I
>> guess it was just everything "settling in."
>
> That does not happen with your repair. It is either right or wrong.
>
> With that problem out of
>> the way (I hope), I still need to address the center problem. Yes, it
>> happened before I changed the hub, and the steering box is brand new
>> (but it happened before that as well). I'm gonna hopefully rip the
>> drivers side apart Saturday so I can check the U-Joint on that side.
>> Some of you have suggested that its NOT a U-Joint. What else could it
>> be?
>
> A bad ball joint can or will cause the steering to bind. That happened to
> me recently and I had to 'pull' the steering back straight.
>
> Again this can cause your wheel to fall off when the ball joint fails.
>
> I also suspected my steering damper shock, but it turned out mine was a
> hollow tube with a rod flopping in it.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's - Gone to the rust pile...
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

 

"Mike Romain" <romainm@sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:46a9f08d$0$16468$9a6e19ea@unlimited.newshosti ng.com...
> 97tjMike wrote:
>> To clear a couple of things up. First of all, I bent back my dust
>> guard on the brakes and the problem lessened. Now it hardly happens.
>
> Woah now! That is 'not' a good thing!!!!
>
> That means the hub has lateral movement in it which means either the
> bearing is shot or the hub is loose or the axle nut is loose.
>
> Any of these can cause the front wheel to fall off.
>
>


I'm with Mike on this. You seriously need to take the right side hub apart
again and make sure it is PROPERLY installed. Everything you've said is a
Red Flag screaming DANGER, ABORT. This can lead to serious death or injury
to not only you but innocent bystanders.





> I
>> guess it was just everything "settling in."
>
> That does not happen with your repair. It is either right or wrong.
>
> With that problem out of
>> the way (I hope), I still need to address the center problem. Yes, it
>> happened before I changed the hub, and the steering box is brand new
>> (but it happened before that as well). I'm gonna hopefully rip the
>> drivers side apart Saturday so I can check the U-Joint on that side.
>> Some of you have suggested that its NOT a U-Joint. What else could it
>> be?
>
> A bad ball joint can or will cause the steering to bind. That happened to
> me recently and I had to 'pull' the steering back straight.
>
> Again this can cause your wheel to fall off when the ball joint fails.
>
> I also suspected my steering damper shock, but it turned out mine was a
> hollow tube with a rod flopping in it.
>
> Mike
> 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00
> 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's - Gone to the rust pile...
> Canadian Off Road Trips Photos: Non members can still view!
> Jan/06 http://www.imagestation.com/album/pi...?id=2115147590
> (More Off Road album links at bottom of the view page)

 

Jeff Strickland wrote:
> I'm with Mike on this. You seriously need to take the right side hub
> apart again and make sure it is PROPERLY installed. Everything you've
> said is a Red Flag screaming DANGER, ABORT. This can lead to serious
> death or injury to not only you but innocent bystanders.

Why are bystanders always innocent? Odds are some of them aren't.

tw

 

Jeff Strickland wrote:
> I'm with Mike on this. You seriously need to take the right side hub
> apart again and make sure it is PROPERLY installed. Everything you've
> said is a Red Flag screaming DANGER, ABORT. This can lead to serious
> death or injury to not only you but innocent bystanders.

Why are bystanders always innocent? Odds are some of them aren't.

tw

 

Jeff Strickland wrote:
> I'm with Mike on this. You seriously need to take the right side hub
> apart again and make sure it is PROPERLY installed. Everything you've
> said is a Red Flag screaming DANGER, ABORT. This can lead to serious
> death or injury to not only you but innocent bystanders.

Why are bystanders always innocent? Odds are some of them aren't.

tw

 

Jeff Strickland wrote:
> I'm with Mike on this. You seriously need to take the right side hub
> apart again and make sure it is PROPERLY installed. Everything you've
> said is a Red Flag screaming DANGER, ABORT. This can lead to serious
> death or injury to not only you but innocent bystanders.

Why are bystanders always innocent? Odds are some of them aren't.

tw

 

twaldron wrote:
>> death or injury to not only you but innocent bystanders.
>
> Why are bystanders always innocent? Odds are some of them aren't.

Indeed. If you live your life by the "you get what you deserve"
guideline, there aren't any innocent bystanders. Just people waiting
for their next helping of ***-kicking.

:-)
Craig C.

 

twaldron wrote:
>> death or injury to not only you but innocent bystanders.
>
> Why are bystanders always innocent? Odds are some of them aren't.

Indeed. If you live your life by the "you get what you deserve"
guideline, there aren't any innocent bystanders. Just people waiting
for their next helping of ***-kicking.

:-)
Craig C.

 

twaldron wrote:
>> death or injury to not only you but innocent bystanders.
>
> Why are bystanders always innocent? Odds are some of them aren't.

Indeed. If you live your life by the "you get what you deserve"
guideline, there aren't any innocent bystanders. Just people waiting
for their next helping of ***-kicking.

:-)
Craig C.