[MikeF622]

I'm a newb and hope this is the right place to put this.

I recently got a 91 YJ for hunting and really didn't realize what I was getting into. It has quickly dawned on me that getting that Jeep was a life changing event.

I have a 2.5 inch lift kit coming, along with ball joints and tie rod ends, etc. I have been getting tooled up for about 3 weeks in preperation for the job.

Last Friday, I began removing parts and found many many nuts and bolts that were frozen on. On the rt fnt, I was on the creeper with a cheater bar loosening the ubolt nuts, pushing against the inside of the bumber with my right leg, kind of rolling back and forth. I did this for all 4 of the nuts and they were all on very tight.

Two days later I couldn't walk. The pain in my hip joint/hip flexor area was getting to the extreme point and by the 3rd day, I was totally out of commission. Dr says I have a severe sprain of something in there and gave me great drugs.

The icing on the cake is that I had planed a 4 day golf trip to San Antonio with some buds and now I probably can't go. I am totally laid up on the recliner and will miss at least a week of work.

I have to honestly say that it was ALMOST worth it because I got hurt working on my Jeep. How twisted is that?

BTW, I WILL go out and get a decent impact wrench as soon as I can get up. And since the golf trip is out of the way, I'll be back under the Jeep ASAP.

[LandRover]

I was gonna say...I can't think of a better justification for running out and buying a compressor and a wicked set of air tools.

The worst I've done working on the jeep was burning my eyebrows off...at least I could still walk.

That sucks man. Hang in there.

[MikeF622]

Thanks, LandRover. Dude, you're scaring me. At first I was only worried about the vehicle falling on me (yea. I'm pretty anal!), now I understand there are lots of things which can go wrong.

[rustywrangler]

Air tools and you may want to invest in a few cans of PB Blaster.

[MikeF622]

Hey RustyWrangler. Loving your project thread. How's your son doing? Hope the family emergency turns/ed out okay.

Yeah, PB Blaster. I bought all my local AutoZone had (2cans).

[rustywrangler]

Originally Posted by MikeF622

Hey RustyWrangler. Loving your project thread. How's your son doing? Hope the family emergency turns/ed out okay.

Yeah, PB Blaster. I bought all my local AutoZone had (2cans).

Project is fine, Family emergency.....see sig line.

[GrimJeeper91]

Almost required dental work from removing pitman arm.

[Grape Ape]

Originally Posted by GrimJeeper91

Almost required dental work from removing pitman arm.

Not getting out of it that easy post up how you smacked yourself in the mouth when the ratchet/wrench slipped or how the hammer recoiled and hit you in the mouth come on tell us the story.

I have hurt myself more times working on the jeep/s than on any of my other endeavors including riding bulls when I was younger. Jeeps are the greatest death traps in the world.

[GrimJeeper91]

Originally Posted by Grape Ape

Not getting out of it that easy post up how you smacked yourself in the mouth when the ratchet/wrench slipped or how the hammer recoiled and hit you in the mouth come on tell us the story.

I have hurt myself more times working on the jeep/s than on any of my other endeavors including riding bulls when I was younger. Jeeps are the greatest death traps in the world.

After removing the nut that holds the pitman arm on (yep, that was the first mistake) I proceeded to set up the big puller assembly. I tightened this up with an electric impact until it wouldn't move any more. Next I broke out the BFH to give things a little encouragement. Then I broke out my 24" breaker bar and wrenched on it until by arms were limp noodles all the while stopping to rap on it with the BFH. Then I broke out a 3' cheater for my 24" breaker bar. I must say that the 24" Craftsman breaker bar is tough as is the large Craftsman puller. Neither of these flinched was I loaded this assembly up with a huge amount of potential energy. After what seemed like an eternity of wrenching with the breaker bar, cheater (1/16 of a turn at a time) and repeated abuse with the BFH the SOB still wouldn't budge. Next I broke out the torch but this didn't do jack (maybe I didn't heat it enough). At this point I have been working on this for about two hours and running out of patience. So I resort to the BFH and proceed to beat the crap out of it. Still wont budge. As I laid under the YJ (face about 10" from the mass of loaded hardware) wondering what the hell I was going to do now I tapped the arm with the hammer (not intending to accomplish anything) when suddenly BAM! It was like a stick of dynomite! Thankfully no body parts were in the direct line of fire because it would have definitely left a mark. After changing my sh*t stained shorts I started looking for the pitman arm and other tools that were scattered by the thermo nuclear blast. I finally found everything including my dignity and installed the new pitman arm.

Moral of the story, leave the nut on or you could lose your nuts.

[RAZORBILL]

PB Blaster and a $30 grinder from Sears and you'd be going on a golfing trip!! The grinder with a cutting blade even saves you using the PB Blaster. Enjoy your time in the recliner!!


Is that your Jeep I hear calling for you??

[Jetscuh]

I just broke a nail putting in my bestop seat covers and removing my rear window.

Strenuous, I know.

[GrimJeeper91]

Originally Posted by ursandal

PB Blaster and a $30 grinder from Sears and you'd be going on a golfing trip!! The grinder with a cutting blade even saves you using the PB Blaster. Enjoy your time in the recliner!!


Is that your Jeep I hear calling for you??

I hit it with PB Blaster every day for a week before I started. Didn't help. I have a grinder and all the disks but I wanted to be able to reuse it if needed.

[Brandon_YJ]

Originally Posted by rustywrangler

Air tools and you may want to invest in a few cans of PB Blaster.

Only a few cans?
I suggest becoming a shareholder in the company!