Re: 1994 Grand Cherokee

LOL!  I was seriously thinking about doing that but had visions of 
shrapnel flying when/if the socket blew up.

I took it to my new favorite garage with a free CAA tow and he charged 
me $60.00 to install it and to inspect my steering for a loose part. 
Turns out one spring needs some grease in it's holder cup and I have a 
little play in the steering rack (not enough to fix).  Cool, a cheap fix.

Mike

Will Honea wrote:
> Mike, you need to try the stunt I watched one somewhat lazy acquaintance
> pull on the crankshaft nut.  Since he didn't want to go to the trouble
of
> fabbing a tool to keep the engine from turning while he yanked, he used
> some ****ms to jam the wrench onto the nut then hit the starter.  Of
course
> it couldn't start with that wrench there...  but the engine fired and
you
> never saw such a mess with that long wrench flailing away under the
hood.
> 
> Darwin would have been proud of this guy - but I've seen some serious
> cheater pipes used on that nut!
> 
> 
> 
> Mike Romain wrote:
> 
>> alt.jeep-l
>> Ya I can't get mine off,  I have no help and just can't put any oomph
>> into it anymore since my spine was damaged in a car accident.  I am
>> forced to send it to the garage grr....
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> Will Honea wrote:
>>> The dealer price for the harmonic balancer for an '88 4.0L was right
at
>>> $75. Took an hour to replace it - but you do need the right tools. 
Plan
>>> on some serious grunting on the one nut you have to get off!
>