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Lifting your Jeep 4 inches without big power tools - Part 1

2012-09-05
okay now we're going to drop a transfer case basically have these two brackets right here that you can drop some some transfer case drop kits have little kind of like cylinder things that just go inside where the bolts go inside this kit came with whole bars they go right here so this is the support for the transfer case is the frame of the car and the spacer goes right in between these two so you got a three bolts on it and these two bolts are closer to the front and they're closer together so the spacer goes on the holes are aligned in such a way that bolts just go right through it so all right now I have a jack supporting the center of the transfer case I'm going to loosen all six bolts this chief is missing one and then I'm going to do one side at a time so I have to worry about the whole transfer case coming down so I loosen all six drop this side put in the spacer tighten it drop that side from the spacer then tighten it it's going to very slowly drop that that's what as far as we need so be super careful when I do that cuz you don't want the transfer case to get damaged at all those things are pretty expensive okay so the bolts I took out or a 19 millimeter see the difference between the old bolts the new ones there so when I take the bracket right here the spacer I'm on the top there's large holes on the bottom there are some smaller ones the reason this is is because usually when you drop the transfer case mount this will shift forward a little bit and so if you have the wider holes in the top when you stick the bolts in the bigger space allows you to find the hole there easier so the whole kind of encompasses that whole map right there so bonny I do now is just tuck this bracket and it is my to know okay so this four move over to the other side I'm going to leave this side with the spacer just unscrewed a little bit so I have a little bit of play as I drop the other side down I'm also this kit came with little end caps so I can just tack those in there you can do that my hand pretty simple so if you are having the probe the bolts not lining up you see how this is kind of crooked in there I've taken a tie down and strapped it to the end of the plate there and then to the frame here and I can take that tie down and ratchet it down and get this bolt to line up straight again that so now I'll be able to screw that in right all rights just full time you notice to make sure you're safe is possible and you're doing this scene I got the back go against the curb I have the jack there I have a stand there I have a jack there and I would stand on the other side of that so I have four points of contact while the wheel is up off the ground and then the other three wheels are touching the ground so there's not a whole lot of a chance of this fallen over because if it does fall while the wheel is off you're going to damage you know everything inside of there the Kalp or the axle and you might die so let's try to avoid that all right so today we're going to push shocks on a 91 jeep wranglers is this will work for any the Y J's so we have the will already taken off the car jacked up you can see the shocks are right there you got the bolts on the top bolts on the bottom these ones are just rusted out so we're gonna we're going to switch them so as I'm trying to take off the top bolt it's a 14 millimeter and as I spin it you can see at the top of the shock is spinning as well so what I do is I just grab Berenices alright so we're just gonna throw away these shocks anyway I'm just going to grab on to the bar like that with a pair of channel locks and then keep on twisting that wrench I'm cool thing I like about this wrench is one of my favorite tools is that it's got a little ratchet head in there so I get out to keep on adjusting it just always spins on its own I'll put a link down the bottom of the video so you guys can see yeah how much they cost that's I got them off Amazon they're pretty solid little tools anyway so I'm just gonna get rid of that bolt okay so we got it off in the bottom and then make sure you just keep the hardware as well for the bottom it's usually shocks don't come with them okay so we're moving the way bar links and that's this guy right here that goes down right below the leaf springs there's a 19 millimeter on the top and the bottom the top on the bolt back here how you took it off but it's a has a cotter pin through it so you gotta take that cotter pin out and it just has a little no not on like that the cotter pin just goes through there so now once you get the bolts off you just have to separate these two I'll probably have to use a dimming arm puller to kind of like push it off is probably just pretty stuck on there we'll take a hammer - and see what happens all right so thankfully we got it off with this little cat's paw type thing just put it right in between a little ledges hit with the hammer a few times pop it right off so there you go just keep in mind a few different types of sleeves they come in two bags there's the the crush sleeve is the thicker one and the smaller sleeves go on top of the sway bar links when I say top it's either into both the same size so I'll show you how to get this inside basically I take my channel locks right here I can grab the both the sides and I can just squeeze in and pull it all the way inside of itself that's needed way to do what you do with a hammer you plenty of ways to get inside of there but it is pretty tight but you can't really do it by hand okay so here's a shot of the sway bar links just attach it right up here at the top and then bottom the bottom ones are the same hardware that came that was on the old links and then the top one you put the new bolt and washers through that okay so this is the track bar right here underneath the Jeep this bolt down here the then this mounted to the frame is an 18 millimeter we don't need to worry about that part of there once you break it loose there's a behind this 19 this finest 18 millimeter there's a 21 millimeter nut that is the back of this bolt well inside absolutely I'm just going to prop that in place and then just keep on ton tightening it and let the frame of the G pull that in place as far as the track bar goes this is the bar itself this is the bracket that comes with it so we're going to do is hook the bracket this little hole right there where my pinky is is going to thread through the original hole and then that is where we have to drill a new hole through the frame right there at the bottom so you can kind of see it this whole piece pops up in there like that and then this top hole is where the track bar is going to go then we have to drill that hole down there at the bottom so I'll do that right now yes right now we're gonna need the G this is right next to the steering stabilizer is the bottom the flange thing of the track bar mount so it's barely wide enough there to get a drill through and kind of see so yeah barely wide enough I just get right up in there and so there you can see the back bar mount and how that's all connected so I have the bolt down here at the bottom the other bolt screwed in there right an extra locking washer that through on there just to be extra sure it was going to stay and this is just that's just something I can get rid of and then we have the track bar it's attached the top there you okay so Lauren the break runs lines is pretty rough on that bolt right there is the one you got to get off I missed the brake line goes all the way to CalPERS the easiest access is from here inside the engine compartment I'm right underneath the air filter you can kind of see that a little screw right there over here on the passenger side I've already gotten this one off right there you can see the screw I miss one of these bolts or these uh these things at the t 40 that fits in that slot I only have a half inch socket it'll be a lot easier if you have a smaller socket set to get down in there and the nice thing is this is a little bit flex which you can kind of bend it down and get up in there but now it's giving me some issues I've gotten a little bit but gotta keep going on it anyway so let's how you get those brake brackets off
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