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

[Capt. Crunch]

Originally Posted by bruggz351

Just check the harmonic balancer/crank pulley. They separate and the outer ring walks out toward the radiator.

cheers

Yeah it's on the to do list for a day where I have no more exams to worry about but I'm almost certain it's the fan.

When watching the fan spin i can see it's spinning off axis at times.
I'm certain it's only one fan blade that seems to be interfering as there's a tiny bit of black paint coating building up on just one fan blade and turning the fan by hand it's only one that contacts. Just found it weird that it started suddenly overnight.

[Richard buttocks]

In the past 5 or so hours...

Copper radiator in
Condenser in
New ac hose made and in
new receiver drier in
Welded drivers side hinges
All panels re fitted
new front bump stop fitted
cooling system bled
new brake pads fitted

Drivers front is still locked
swap a spare caliper over tomorrow and hope for the best

[bruggz351]

Originally Posted by Capt. Crunch

Yeah it's on the to do list for a day where I have no more exams to worry about but I'm almost certain it's the fan.

When watching the fan spin i can see it's spinning off axis at times.
I'm certain it's only one fan blade that seems to be interfering as there's a tiny bit of black paint coating building up on just one fan blade and turning the fan by hand it's only one that contacts. Just found it weird that it started suddenly overnight.

Hmm. Check the rivets on the blade that touches, to see if the blade hasn't 'slipped' a bit. The blade could be bent or twisted.
Were you or someone else working on the XJ before the this problem started?

cheers

[Capt. Crunch]

Originally Posted by bruggz351

Hmm. Check the rivets on the blade that touches, to see if the blade hasn't 'slipped' a bit. The blade could be bent or twisted.
Were you or someone else working on the XJ before the this problem started?

cheers

No it just started out of the blue.It was the Harmonic balancer in the end

SO what did I do to my XJ over the last 2 days?
Replaced the Harmonic Balancer, while it was off decided to replace the front crank seal.. of coarse it was jammed in tight so I had to pull the timing case to get it out. Took for ever to clean it and get it ready to put back on.

Everything going well and merry, used the Haynes FSM advice to use two bolts and a screw driver to hold the pulley steady as I was alone. All going well until I was pretty much done and BAM two bolts sheared off. Took a fair while to get the pulley back off to drill out the sheared bolts and put it back together.

While putting everything back together, the idler pulley's thread completely stripped out so then I had to pull all of that off as well to clean it and re thread it.

Also discovered a weep on the lower radiator hose where it joins the motor. and it looks like my rear main might start leaking again. What an absolute PITA this jeep is becoming.

[Mudmonster]

on sunday, I replaced the front axle unis, easier to turn now don't get any clunking noises and did a oil change.

[Wally3218]

Replaced idler pulley on the 96 XJ Cherokee after it started to whine , took under half a hour to replace with a Repco pulley $41.00


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Originally Posted by hyper-mike

Installed my head unit

lol i bought the same unit $51.00 sweet