What did you do to your XJ today? 1M Views

[junglejuice]

Originally Posted by iwanajeep

somehow i dont think the wheel alignment dude knew what he was talking about. He may not have even been the guy that did the wheel alignment but i do know there is no way and no place for wedges to go in the front of an XJ.
I'm a mechanic by trade, not a very good one and definately no wheel aligner but i do have some idea
i just want to be able to drive it in a straight line without getting arm pump and a headache from concentrating on where i think it might go next. LOL

Shims are used in the front and are mounted inside the mounts where the lower control arm attaches to the body, as for offset balljoints, they aren't normally used for camber issues, they are normally used for caster issues, they come in 0.5, 1.0, 1.5 and 2 degree offsets.....

[anthonygubbin]

Originally Posted by darksidecustoms

Trust it went well Anthony

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All went well. I even dropped a bolt, the one that goes at the very back. It fell onto the trans. I thought it was gone for sure. I tried the air gun and no luck with it dropping on the ground. I crawlled under on the wet ground and felt around, thinking this is a needle in a hay stack. Well I will be buggered I felt it with my finger and was able to fish it out. . Now to crawll back under and see if I have a rear main weep, or whether all the oil was coming from the rocker cover like the mech thought. Either way it may not change much I am not overly keen to take the sump off a second time when I probably should have done it at the same time as the sump gasket.

Regards A

[iwanajeep]

Found a place at Narrellan on the central coast that will supply and fit adjustable balljoints and do a wheel alignment on the xj. for $450. they tell me the adjustable joints do caster and camber. That will do me.

[TheOoz]

Originally Posted by iwanajeep

Found a place at Narrellan on the central coast that will supply and fit adjustable balljoints and do a wheel alignment on the xj. for $450. they tell me the adjustable joints do caster and camber. That will do me.

Is it on the central coast, or southwest sydney?

[iwanajeep]

Originally Posted by TheOoz

Is it on the central coast, or southwest sydney?

Yes it is on the central coast. Only a short 4.5 hour drive from here

[mtd]

did my rear main, sump gasket, oil filter adapter. can i just say what a PITA it was doing it in the melbourne rain.

[anthonygubbin]

Yep as I suspected my rear main is leaking. So minor though that it does not even leave a drop on the ground. It will go into the oneday list when I have nothing else left to do on the XJ.

Regards A