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Jeep YJ Lift and Transmission Question
Hey,
I am looking at buying a Jeep YJ and I went and looked at a 95 YJ today. It has a body lift on it, and the owners claim that this body lift messes with the transmission linkage a bit. I took it for a drive, and there is a bit of a grind going from 2-3, but the owners assure me that this is due to the lift. The YJ has 168KMs on it, and a newer clutch. I phoned their mechanic, and he said to his knowledge, the lift kit is what is causing the transmission issue. So my question is this: is what the owners claim true? Or are their other issues I should be looking at? Thanks |
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The BL is not a likely source of grinding in the tranny. A BL CAN make
shifting all the way into a gear difficult but if it's just grinding going in, that just sounds like a bad synchro. Jerry Keane Gruending wrote: > Hey, > I am looking at buying a Jeep YJ and I went and looked at a 95 YJ today. It > has a body lift on it, and the owners claim that this body lift messes with > the transmission linkage a bit. I took it for a drive, and there is a bit of > a grind going from 2-3, but the owners assure me that this is due to the > lift. The YJ has 168KMs on it, and a newer clutch. I phoned their mechanic, > and he said to his knowledge, the lift kit is what is causing the > transmission issue. So my question is this: is what the owners claim true? > Or are their other issues I should be looking at? > > Thanks > > -- Jerry Bransford PP-ASEL N6TAY See the Geezer Jeep at http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/ |
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It is 'very' possible for that to be the issue. Some have to have it
trimmed or the inner boot removed. Especially if the installer screwed up by 1/4" or so on the body tub's side to side measurements. It is easy to check. Measure the outside edge of each corner to the frame and see what you come up with. I have a tree in my driveway that I use to anchor a hand winch to and jack the body up by the roll bar to adjust it on the frame or add/remove body lifts. Last time I rolled my CJ7, it took me less than half hour solo to put the body back on square. It had shifted 1/2" or so and I was having shifting issues. Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Keane Gruending wrote: > > Hey, > I am looking at buying a Jeep YJ and I went and looked at a 95 YJ today. It > has a body lift on it, and the owners claim that this body lift messes with > the transmission linkage a bit. I took it for a drive, and there is a bit of > a grind going from 2-3, but the owners assure me that this is due to the > lift. The YJ has 168KMs on it, and a newer clutch. I phoned their mechanic, > and he said to his knowledge, the lift kit is what is causing the > transmission issue. So my question is this: is what the owners claim true? > Or are their other issues I should be looking at? > > Thanks |
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I guess he could just remove the boot for a fast check?
Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Jerry Bransford wrote: > > The BL is not a likely source of grinding in the tranny. A BL CAN make > shifting all the way into a gear difficult but if it's just grinding > going in, that just sounds like a bad synchro. > > Jerry > > Keane Gruending wrote: > > Hey, > > I am looking at buying a Jeep YJ and I went and looked at a 95 YJ today. It > > has a body lift on it, and the owners claim that this body lift messes with > > the transmission linkage a bit. I took it for a drive, and there is a bit of > > a grind going from 2-3, but the owners assure me that this is due to the > > lift. The YJ has 168KMs on it, and a newer clutch. I phoned their mechanic, > > and he said to his knowledge, the lift kit is what is causing the > > transmission issue. So my question is this: is what the owners claim true? > > Or are their other issues I should be looking at? > > > > Thanks > > > > > > -- > Jerry Bransford > PP-ASEL N6TAY > See the Geezer Jeep at > http://members.cox.net/jerrypb/ |
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"Keane Gruending" > wrote in message news:CxQhe.1360172$8l.525751@pd7tw1no... > Hey, > I am looking at buying a Jeep YJ and I went and looked at a 95 YJ today. > It has a body lift on it, and the owners claim that this body lift messes > with the transmission linkage a bit. I took it for a drive, and there is a > bit of a grind going from 2-3, but the owners assure me that this is due > to the lift. The YJ has 168KMs on it, and a newer clutch. I phoned their > mechanic, and he said to his knowledge, the lift kit is what is causing > the transmission issue. So my question is this: is what the owners claim > true? Or are their other issues I should be looking at? > > Thanks While a body lift and/or a transfer case drop can cause problems when shifting into 2nd, 4th and reverse on YJs, that's probably not the issue with the 2-3 shift grinding. The latter issue is more likely either the wrong transmission lube (needs to be non-sulphur GL3, at most low sulphur GL-4), or at worst a worn synchroniser. The former issue, wrong transmission lube, is a common problem found with the AX15. It's a simple matyter of draining the lube and refilling with the correct stuff. If the body lift is an issue you'll find that the shifter is binding going into 2nd, 4th & reverse, or that it won;t go all the way into those gears, pops out, etc. The problem is the inner shift boot being pinched between the shift lever and the driveshaft tunnel. There are several ways to remedy this, you can cut away the inner boot (not a great idea), or remove the boot and trim the floor pan back a bit, or carefully pound it back out of the way a bit with a BMFH. |
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define BMFH.... ive never heard that phrase but my best guess is "big
mother f**kin hammer".... course i could be wrong :-) |
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LOL! Yup, you guess good.... One step up from a BFH.
Mike 86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's Pop-N-Fresh wrote: > > define BMFH.... ive never heard that phrase but my best guess is "big > mother f**kin hammer".... course i could be wrong :-) |
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also known as the "Glasgow Screwdriver"
:-) Dave Milne, Scotland '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ "Pop-N-Fresh" > wrote in message oups.com... > define BMFH.... ive never heard that phrase but my best guess is "big > mother f**kin hammer".... course i could be wrong :-) > |
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"Pop-N-Fresh" > wrote in message oups.com... > define BMFH.... ive never heard that phrase but my best guess is "big > mother f**kin hammer".... course i could be wrong :-)> You have it nailed! ;-) |
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LMAO!!!!
(My Scottish ancestors are probably really ****ed at me right now!) "Dave Milne" > wrote in message . uk... > also known as the "Glasgow Screwdriver" > :-) > > Dave Milne, Scotland > '91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ > > "Pop-N-Fresh" > wrote in message > oups.com... >> define BMFH.... ive never heard that phrase but my best guess is "big >> mother f**kin hammer".... course i could be wrong :-) >> > > |
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