Engine Mount Fail?
09-01-2021, 03:59 PM
#11
JK Super Freak
Thread Starter
Awesome to hear.
Funny thing about this reminds me of an instance back in 1978. Friend bought a brand new Jimmy in Vancouver and drove the Alaska Hwy to Fort Nelson. In those days it was washboard gravel (now paved) and when he got to the Fort (I flew) he complained about rattles and general loose feeling in steering etc. We went around that truck and tightened a lot of loose bolts in suspension, engine mounts and cross member even. Felt better than when he drove it off the lot.
Moral here is to inspect your vehicle often as I do at every oil change. Use a bar and big sockets to check all the big stuff.
Funny thing about this reminds me of an instance back in 1978. Friend bought a brand new Jimmy in Vancouver and drove the Alaska Hwy to Fort Nelson. In those days it was washboard gravel (now paved) and when he got to the Fort (I flew) he complained about rattles and general loose feeling in steering etc. We went around that truck and tightened a lot of loose bolts in suspension, engine mounts and cross member even. Felt better than when he drove it off the lot.
Moral here is to inspect your vehicle often as I do at every oil change. Use a bar and big sockets to check all the big stuff.
But think of the beating we give these Jeeps year after year. They are bound to loosen up and even break things now and then. I don't think Wranglers get the credit they deserve for their basic toughness.
