TJ Steering Stabilizer Replacement
09-25-2004, 07:02 PM
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TJ Steering Stabilizer Replacement
I'm in the process of replacing the OEM steering damper on my '98 TJ
with a Skyjacker OEM steering stabilizer. It's been a challenge, but
I got the bolt/nut off the end of the OEM stabilizer nearest the
wheel. It took a propane torch to heat up the nut on the tie rod end
to get it off. Problem now is I can't get the bolt end of the old
damper out of the tie rod. I've hammered on it. Used WD-40, Liquid
Wrench, and the torch and it doesn't budge. This isn't threaded is
it? It should just pop out, right?
Thanks.
Mark
'98 TJ
'98 XJ
with a Skyjacker OEM steering stabilizer. It's been a challenge, but
I got the bolt/nut off the end of the OEM stabilizer nearest the
wheel. It took a propane torch to heat up the nut on the tie rod end
to get it off. Problem now is I can't get the bolt end of the old
damper out of the tie rod. I've hammered on it. Used WD-40, Liquid
Wrench, and the torch and it doesn't budge. This isn't threaded is
it? It should just pop out, right?
Thanks.
Mark
'98 TJ
'98 XJ
09-25-2004, 07:25 PM
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Re: TJ Steering Stabilizer Replacement
That bolt isn't meant to come out of the old stabilizer and if you even got
it out, it wouldn't fit properly in the new stabilizer. You need a new
tapered bolt and Skyjacker sells only a "generic" kit that doesn't include
it. Rancho is one company that does make a kit specifically made for the
TJ. Since it was late at night when I discovered that with my Black Diamond
stabilizer, I ended up finding the right size nut and bolt in my garage.
Jerry
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"M. E. Bye" <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm in the process of replacing the OEM steering damper on my '98 TJ
> with a Skyjacker OEM steering stabilizer. It's been a challenge, but
> I got the bolt/nut off the end of the OEM stabilizer nearest the
> wheel. It took a propane torch to heat up the nut on the tie rod end
> to get it off. Problem now is I can't get the bolt end of the old
> damper out of the tie rod. I've hammered on it. Used WD-40, Liquid
> Wrench, and the torch and it doesn't budge. This isn't threaded is
> it? It should just pop out, right?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mark
> '98 TJ
> '98 XJ
it out, it wouldn't fit properly in the new stabilizer. You need a new
tapered bolt and Skyjacker sells only a "generic" kit that doesn't include
it. Rancho is one company that does make a kit specifically made for the
TJ. Since it was late at night when I discovered that with my Black Diamond
stabilizer, I ended up finding the right size nut and bolt in my garage.
Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
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"M. E. Bye" <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm in the process of replacing the OEM steering damper on my '98 TJ
> with a Skyjacker OEM steering stabilizer. It's been a challenge, but
> I got the bolt/nut off the end of the OEM stabilizer nearest the
> wheel. It took a propane torch to heat up the nut on the tie rod end
> to get it off. Problem now is I can't get the bolt end of the old
> damper out of the tie rod. I've hammered on it. Used WD-40, Liquid
> Wrench, and the torch and it doesn't budge. This isn't threaded is
> it? It should just pop out, right?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mark
> '98 TJ
> '98 XJ
09-25-2004, 07:25 PM
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Re: TJ Steering Stabilizer Replacement
That bolt isn't meant to come out of the old stabilizer and if you even got
it out, it wouldn't fit properly in the new stabilizer. You need a new
tapered bolt and Skyjacker sells only a "generic" kit that doesn't include
it. Rancho is one company that does make a kit specifically made for the
TJ. Since it was late at night when I discovered that with my Black Diamond
stabilizer, I ended up finding the right size nut and bolt in my garage.
Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
"M. E. Bye" <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm in the process of replacing the OEM steering damper on my '98 TJ
> with a Skyjacker OEM steering stabilizer. It's been a challenge, but
> I got the bolt/nut off the end of the OEM stabilizer nearest the
> wheel. It took a propane torch to heat up the nut on the tie rod end
> to get it off. Problem now is I can't get the bolt end of the old
> damper out of the tie rod. I've hammered on it. Used WD-40, Liquid
> Wrench, and the torch and it doesn't budge. This isn't threaded is
> it? It should just pop out, right?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mark
> '98 TJ
> '98 XJ
it out, it wouldn't fit properly in the new stabilizer. You need a new
tapered bolt and Skyjacker sells only a "generic" kit that doesn't include
it. Rancho is one company that does make a kit specifically made for the
TJ. Since it was late at night when I discovered that with my Black Diamond
stabilizer, I ended up finding the right size nut and bolt in my garage.
Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
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"M. E. Bye" <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:r8ubl0dg8vhnvl3v096p9k48f3o2ppck19@4ax.com...
> I'm in the process of replacing the OEM steering damper on my '98 TJ
> with a Skyjacker OEM steering stabilizer. It's been a challenge, but
> I got the bolt/nut off the end of the OEM stabilizer nearest the
> wheel. It took a propane torch to heat up the nut on the tie rod end
> to get it off. Problem now is I can't get the bolt end of the old
> damper out of the tie rod. I've hammered on it. Used WD-40, Liquid
> Wrench, and the torch and it doesn't budge. This isn't threaded is
> it? It should just pop out, right?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mark
> '98 TJ
> '98 XJ
09-25-2004, 07:25 PM
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Re: TJ Steering Stabilizer Replacement
That bolt isn't meant to come out of the old stabilizer and if you even got
it out, it wouldn't fit properly in the new stabilizer. You need a new
tapered bolt and Skyjacker sells only a "generic" kit that doesn't include
it. Rancho is one company that does make a kit specifically made for the
TJ. Since it was late at night when I discovered that with my Black Diamond
stabilizer, I ended up finding the right size nut and bolt in my garage.
Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
"M. E. Bye" <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:r8ubl0dg8vhnvl3v096p9k48f3o2ppck19@4ax.com...
> I'm in the process of replacing the OEM steering damper on my '98 TJ
> with a Skyjacker OEM steering stabilizer. It's been a challenge, but
> I got the bolt/nut off the end of the OEM stabilizer nearest the
> wheel. It took a propane torch to heat up the nut on the tie rod end
> to get it off. Problem now is I can't get the bolt end of the old
> damper out of the tie rod. I've hammered on it. Used WD-40, Liquid
> Wrench, and the torch and it doesn't budge. This isn't threaded is
> it? It should just pop out, right?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mark
> '98 TJ
> '98 XJ
it out, it wouldn't fit properly in the new stabilizer. You need a new
tapered bolt and Skyjacker sells only a "generic" kit that doesn't include
it. Rancho is one company that does make a kit specifically made for the
TJ. Since it was late at night when I discovered that with my Black Diamond
stabilizer, I ended up finding the right size nut and bolt in my garage.
Jerry
--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
"M. E. Bye" <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:r8ubl0dg8vhnvl3v096p9k48f3o2ppck19@4ax.com...
> I'm in the process of replacing the OEM steering damper on my '98 TJ
> with a Skyjacker OEM steering stabilizer. It's been a challenge, but
> I got the bolt/nut off the end of the OEM stabilizer nearest the
> wheel. It took a propane torch to heat up the nut on the tie rod end
> to get it off. Problem now is I can't get the bolt end of the old
> damper out of the tie rod. I've hammered on it. Used WD-40, Liquid
> Wrench, and the torch and it doesn't budge. This isn't threaded is
> it? It should just pop out, right?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Mark
> '98 TJ
> '98 XJ
09-25-2004, 11:30 PM
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Re: TJ Steering Stabilizer Replacement
On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 16:25:21 -0700, "Jerry Bransford"
<jerrypb@***.net> wrote:
>That bolt isn't meant to come out of the old stabilizer and if you even got
>it out, it wouldn't fit properly in the new stabilizer. You need a new
>tapered bolt and Skyjacker sells only a "generic" kit that doesn't include
>it. Rancho is one company that does make a kit specifically made for the
>TJ. Since it was late at night when I discovered that with my Black Diamond
>stabilizer, I ended up finding the right size nut and bolt in my garage.
>
>Jerry
Jerry...
I'm trying to get the OEM bolt loose from the tie rod (not trying to
get it out of the old stabilizer). My Skyjacker kit did, in fact,
come with a tapered bolt. Skyjacker #7009 is an OEM replacement kit
specifically for the TJ.
Thanks.
Mark
<jerrypb@***.net> wrote:
>That bolt isn't meant to come out of the old stabilizer and if you even got
>it out, it wouldn't fit properly in the new stabilizer. You need a new
>tapered bolt and Skyjacker sells only a "generic" kit that doesn't include
>it. Rancho is one company that does make a kit specifically made for the
>TJ. Since it was late at night when I discovered that with my Black Diamond
>stabilizer, I ended up finding the right size nut and bolt in my garage.
>
>Jerry
Jerry...
I'm trying to get the OEM bolt loose from the tie rod (not trying to
get it out of the old stabilizer). My Skyjacker kit did, in fact,
come with a tapered bolt. Skyjacker #7009 is an OEM replacement kit
specifically for the TJ.
Thanks.
Mark
09-25-2004, 11:30 PM
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Re: TJ Steering Stabilizer Replacement
On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 16:25:21 -0700, "Jerry Bransford"
<jerrypb@***.net> wrote:
>That bolt isn't meant to come out of the old stabilizer and if you even got
>it out, it wouldn't fit properly in the new stabilizer. You need a new
>tapered bolt and Skyjacker sells only a "generic" kit that doesn't include
>it. Rancho is one company that does make a kit specifically made for the
>TJ. Since it was late at night when I discovered that with my Black Diamond
>stabilizer, I ended up finding the right size nut and bolt in my garage.
>
>Jerry
Jerry...
I'm trying to get the OEM bolt loose from the tie rod (not trying to
get it out of the old stabilizer). My Skyjacker kit did, in fact,
come with a tapered bolt. Skyjacker #7009 is an OEM replacement kit
specifically for the TJ.
Thanks.
Mark
<jerrypb@***.net> wrote:
>That bolt isn't meant to come out of the old stabilizer and if you even got
>it out, it wouldn't fit properly in the new stabilizer. You need a new
>tapered bolt and Skyjacker sells only a "generic" kit that doesn't include
>it. Rancho is one company that does make a kit specifically made for the
>TJ. Since it was late at night when I discovered that with my Black Diamond
>stabilizer, I ended up finding the right size nut and bolt in my garage.
>
>Jerry
Jerry...
I'm trying to get the OEM bolt loose from the tie rod (not trying to
get it out of the old stabilizer). My Skyjacker kit did, in fact,
come with a tapered bolt. Skyjacker #7009 is an OEM replacement kit
specifically for the TJ.
Thanks.
Mark
09-25-2004, 11:30 PM
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Re: TJ Steering Stabilizer Replacement
On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 16:25:21 -0700, "Jerry Bransford"
<jerrypb@***.net> wrote:
>That bolt isn't meant to come out of the old stabilizer and if you even got
>it out, it wouldn't fit properly in the new stabilizer. You need a new
>tapered bolt and Skyjacker sells only a "generic" kit that doesn't include
>it. Rancho is one company that does make a kit specifically made for the
>TJ. Since it was late at night when I discovered that with my Black Diamond
>stabilizer, I ended up finding the right size nut and bolt in my garage.
>
>Jerry
Jerry...
I'm trying to get the OEM bolt loose from the tie rod (not trying to
get it out of the old stabilizer). My Skyjacker kit did, in fact,
come with a tapered bolt. Skyjacker #7009 is an OEM replacement kit
specifically for the TJ.
Thanks.
Mark
<jerrypb@***.net> wrote:
>That bolt isn't meant to come out of the old stabilizer and if you even got
>it out, it wouldn't fit properly in the new stabilizer. You need a new
>tapered bolt and Skyjacker sells only a "generic" kit that doesn't include
>it. Rancho is one company that does make a kit specifically made for the
>TJ. Since it was late at night when I discovered that with my Black Diamond
>stabilizer, I ended up finding the right size nut and bolt in my garage.
>
>Jerry
Jerry...
I'm trying to get the OEM bolt loose from the tie rod (not trying to
get it out of the old stabilizer). My Skyjacker kit did, in fact,
come with a tapered bolt. Skyjacker #7009 is an OEM replacement kit
specifically for the TJ.
Thanks.
Mark
09-25-2004, 11:48 PM
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Re: TJ Steering Stabilizer Replacement
Oh, gotcha. I had the same problem getting mine out too. I ended up taking
it over to the dealer where a friend worked who got it out for me. I
thought he'd use some great kind of puller like a Pitman arm puller but he
just used a bigger BFH than I did. I few full-swing whacks with his "bigger
BFH" did the trick. When that bolt finally came loose, it ricocheted off
two of the shop's steel walls, leaving a big dented gouge in one of them!
Jerry
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"M. E. Bye" <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 16:25:21 -0700, "Jerry Bransford"
> <jerrypb@***.net> wrote:
>
>>That bolt isn't meant to come out of the old stabilizer and if you even
>>got
>>it out, it wouldn't fit properly in the new stabilizer. You need a new
>>tapered bolt and Skyjacker sells only a "generic" kit that doesn't include
>>it. Rancho is one company that does make a kit specifically made for the
>>TJ. Since it was late at night when I discovered that with my Black
>>Diamond
>>stabilizer, I ended up finding the right size nut and bolt in my garage.
>>
>>Jerry
>
> Jerry...
> I'm trying to get the OEM bolt loose from the tie rod (not trying to
> get it out of the old stabilizer). My Skyjacker kit did, in fact,
> come with a tapered bolt. Skyjacker #7009 is an OEM replacement kit
> specifically for the TJ.
> Thanks.
>
> Mark
>
it over to the dealer where a friend worked who got it out for me. I
thought he'd use some great kind of puller like a Pitman arm puller but he
just used a bigger BFH than I did. I few full-swing whacks with his "bigger
BFH" did the trick. When that bolt finally came loose, it ricocheted off
two of the shop's steel walls, leaving a big dented gouge in one of them!
Jerry
--
--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
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http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
"M. E. Bye" <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 16:25:21 -0700, "Jerry Bransford"
> <jerrypb@***.net> wrote:
>
>>That bolt isn't meant to come out of the old stabilizer and if you even
>>got
>>it out, it wouldn't fit properly in the new stabilizer. You need a new
>>tapered bolt and Skyjacker sells only a "generic" kit that doesn't include
>>it. Rancho is one company that does make a kit specifically made for the
>>TJ. Since it was late at night when I discovered that with my Black
>>Diamond
>>stabilizer, I ended up finding the right size nut and bolt in my garage.
>>
>>Jerry
>
> Jerry...
> I'm trying to get the OEM bolt loose from the tie rod (not trying to
> get it out of the old stabilizer). My Skyjacker kit did, in fact,
> come with a tapered bolt. Skyjacker #7009 is an OEM replacement kit
> specifically for the TJ.
> Thanks.
>
> Mark
>
09-25-2004, 11:48 PM
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Re: TJ Steering Stabilizer Replacement
Oh, gotcha. I had the same problem getting mine out too. I ended up taking
it over to the dealer where a friend worked who got it out for me. I
thought he'd use some great kind of puller like a Pitman arm puller but he
just used a bigger BFH than I did. I few full-swing whacks with his "bigger
BFH" did the trick. When that bolt finally came loose, it ricocheted off
two of the shop's steel walls, leaving a big dented gouge in one of them!
Jerry
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"M. E. Bye" <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 16:25:21 -0700, "Jerry Bransford"
> <jerrypb@***.net> wrote:
>
>>That bolt isn't meant to come out of the old stabilizer and if you even
>>got
>>it out, it wouldn't fit properly in the new stabilizer. You need a new
>>tapered bolt and Skyjacker sells only a "generic" kit that doesn't include
>>it. Rancho is one company that does make a kit specifically made for the
>>TJ. Since it was late at night when I discovered that with my Black
>>Diamond
>>stabilizer, I ended up finding the right size nut and bolt in my garage.
>>
>>Jerry
>
> Jerry...
> I'm trying to get the OEM bolt loose from the tie rod (not trying to
> get it out of the old stabilizer). My Skyjacker kit did, in fact,
> come with a tapered bolt. Skyjacker #7009 is an OEM replacement kit
> specifically for the TJ.
> Thanks.
>
> Mark
>
it over to the dealer where a friend worked who got it out for me. I
thought he'd use some great kind of puller like a Pitman arm puller but he
just used a bigger BFH than I did. I few full-swing whacks with his "bigger
BFH" did the trick. When that bolt finally came loose, it ricocheted off
two of the shop's steel walls, leaving a big dented gouge in one of them!
Jerry
--
--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
"M. E. Bye" <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 16:25:21 -0700, "Jerry Bransford"
> <jerrypb@***.net> wrote:
>
>>That bolt isn't meant to come out of the old stabilizer and if you even
>>got
>>it out, it wouldn't fit properly in the new stabilizer. You need a new
>>tapered bolt and Skyjacker sells only a "generic" kit that doesn't include
>>it. Rancho is one company that does make a kit specifically made for the
>>TJ. Since it was late at night when I discovered that with my Black
>>Diamond
>>stabilizer, I ended up finding the right size nut and bolt in my garage.
>>
>>Jerry
>
> Jerry...
> I'm trying to get the OEM bolt loose from the tie rod (not trying to
> get it out of the old stabilizer). My Skyjacker kit did, in fact,
> come with a tapered bolt. Skyjacker #7009 is an OEM replacement kit
> specifically for the TJ.
> Thanks.
>
> Mark
>
09-25-2004, 11:48 PM
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Re: TJ Steering Stabilizer Replacement
Oh, gotcha. I had the same problem getting mine out too. I ended up taking
it over to the dealer where a friend worked who got it out for me. I
thought he'd use some great kind of puller like a Pitman arm puller but he
just used a bigger BFH than I did. I few full-swing whacks with his "bigger
BFH" did the trick. When that bolt finally came loose, it ricocheted off
two of the shop's steel walls, leaving a big dented gouge in one of them!
Jerry
--
--
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PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
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"M. E. Bye" <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 16:25:21 -0700, "Jerry Bransford"
> <jerrypb@***.net> wrote:
>
>>That bolt isn't meant to come out of the old stabilizer and if you even
>>got
>>it out, it wouldn't fit properly in the new stabilizer. You need a new
>>tapered bolt and Skyjacker sells only a "generic" kit that doesn't include
>>it. Rancho is one company that does make a kit specifically made for the
>>TJ. Since it was late at night when I discovered that with my Black
>>Diamond
>>stabilizer, I ended up finding the right size nut and bolt in my garage.
>>
>>Jerry
>
> Jerry...
> I'm trying to get the OEM bolt loose from the tie rod (not trying to
> get it out of the old stabilizer). My Skyjacker kit did, in fact,
> come with a tapered bolt. Skyjacker #7009 is an OEM replacement kit
> specifically for the TJ.
> Thanks.
>
> Mark
>
it over to the dealer where a friend worked who got it out for me. I
thought he'd use some great kind of puller like a Pitman arm puller but he
just used a bigger BFH than I did. I few full-swing whacks with his "bigger
BFH" did the trick. When that bolt finally came loose, it ricocheted off
two of the shop's steel walls, leaving a big dented gouge in one of them!
Jerry
--
--
Jerry Bransford
PP-ASEL N6TAY
See the Geezer Jeep at
http://members.***.net/jerrypb/
"M. E. Bye" <fxdyna@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 25 Sep 2004 16:25:21 -0700, "Jerry Bransford"
> <jerrypb@***.net> wrote:
>
>>That bolt isn't meant to come out of the old stabilizer and if you even
>>got
>>it out, it wouldn't fit properly in the new stabilizer. You need a new
>>tapered bolt and Skyjacker sells only a "generic" kit that doesn't include
>>it. Rancho is one company that does make a kit specifically made for the
>>TJ. Since it was late at night when I discovered that with my Black
>>Diamond
>>stabilizer, I ended up finding the right size nut and bolt in my garage.
>>
>>Jerry
>
> Jerry...
> I'm trying to get the OEM bolt loose from the tie rod (not trying to
> get it out of the old stabilizer). My Skyjacker kit did, in fact,
> come with a tapered bolt. Skyjacker #7009 is an OEM replacement kit
> specifically for the TJ.
> Thanks.
>
> Mark
>
