A list of TJ must-do maintenance items for newbies?

I solved a case of "Death Wobble" that could have been prevented if I
had rotated the darn tires every 3000 miles. Which is in the Factory
service manual. But not in the specific schedules. Even had I read
that, I probably would NOT have followed it because I would not have
grasped that because of the short wheelbase the consequences of not
rotating them often and consistently are severe...

Now I grasp it. Several hundreds of dollars later...

OK. To start the list of TJ musts, we have

* rotate the tires every 3000 miles. Period.

and the explanation for WHY this is critical is above.

What other vital non-intuitive steps must be made to take care of a TJ?
What else do newbies consistently screw up?

--doug

rotate tires at every oil change that is what i was told from a tire guy.

> wrote in message
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>I solved a case of "Death Wobble" that could have been prevented if I
> had rotated the darn tires every 3000 miles. Which is in the Factory
> service manual. But not in the specific schedules. Even had I read
> that, I probably would NOT have followed it because I would not have
> grasped that because of the short wheelbase the consequences of not
> rotating them often and consistently are severe...
>
> Now I grasp it. Several hundreds of dollars later...
>
> OK. To start the list of TJ musts, we have
>
> * rotate the tires every 3000 miles. Period.
>
> and the explanation for WHY this is critical is above.
>
> What other vital non-intuitive steps must be made to take care of a TJ?
> What else do newbies consistently screw up?
>
> --doug
>

In article >,
"wraithyjeep" > wrote:

> rotate tires at every oil change that is what i was told from a tire guy.

> >
> > * rotate the tires every 3000 miles. Period.
> >


Actually it's every other oil change or 6000 miles. 70,000 miles of
doing this produced perfectly even wear on my last set. Other
maintenance that gets missed is greasing all 7 zerc fittings every 6000
miles (quick oil change places don't even know where they are), and the
4wd service which is diffs and transfer case fluids. Don't forget the
tranny fluid too. The schedual for these is in the manual.

Rich M

Rich M wrote:
> Other
> maintenance that gets missed is greasing all 7 zerc fittings every 6000
> miles (quick oil change places don't even know where they are)

Mine did. They blew the boots off all of them. <G>

I'm back to doing my own work now...

That schedule works for you, but look at the TJ's schedule page
eight at each oil change: http://www.billhughes.com/lubeSchedule.pdf
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O


Rich M wrote:
>
> Actually it's every other oil change or 6000 miles. 70,000 miles of
> doing this produced perfectly even wear on my last set. Other
> maintenance that gets missed is greasing all 7 zerc fittings every 6000
> miles (quick oil change places don't even know where they are), and the
> 4wd service which is diffs and transfer case fluids. Don't forget the
> tranny fluid too. The schedual for these is in the manual.
>
> Rich M

In article >,
L.W.(ßill) Hughes III > wrote:

> That schedule works for you, but look at the TJ's schedule page
> eight at each oil change: http://www.billhughes.com/lubeSchedule.pdf
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
>

That schedule "works for me" because it's what is written on page 135 of
my 1998 TJ owners manual!

And I quote: "Rotation is recommended at 7500 miles if you are following
Maintenance Schedule A, and at 6000 mile intrevals if you are following
Maintenance Schedule B."

Rich M

You know what's wierd is that
in my 01TJ FSM it does not even mention
"when" or even "if" you should change the tranny fluid.
Every thing else except the tranny......weird....
I've upgraded to a 05Rubi, haven't got the FSM for it yet.
I wonder if it will mention the tranny.
Cheers
Frank

Rich M wrote:
Don't forget the
> tranny fluid too. The schedual for these is in the manual.
>
> Rich M

And you never drive short distances to the grocery store or Post
Office, and of course still have the stock size tires.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
http://www.billhughes.com/

Rich M wrote:
>
> That schedule "works for me" because it's what is written on page 135 of
> my 1998 TJ owners manual!
>
> And I quote: "Rotation is recommended at 7500 miles if you are following
> Maintenance Schedule A, and at 6000 mile intrevals if you are following
> Maintenance Schedule B."
>
> Rich M

Hi Frank,
The lube schedule has been confined to your owner's manual:
http://www.billhughes.com/WJLubeSchedule.jpg The rule of thumb has
always been two years, or thirty thousand miles. Smell and feel the
oil's lubrication qualities between your fingers, now and you will
easily see the difference at change time. Or transmission replacement
shortly after.
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O


FrankW wrote:
>
> You know what's wierd is that
> in my 01TJ FSM it does not even mention
> "when" or even "if" you should change the tranny fluid.
> Every thing else except the tranny......weird....
> I've upgraded to a 05Rubi, haven't got the FSM for it yet.
> I wonder if it will mention the tranny.
> Cheers
> Frank
>
> Rich M wrote:
> Don't forget the
> > tranny fluid too. The schedual for these is in the manual.
> >
> > Rich M

In article >,
L.W.(ßill) Hughes III > wrote:

> And you never drive short distances to the grocery store or Post
> Office, and of course still have the stock size tires.
> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> http://www.billhughes.com/

Um...what does THAT have to do with tire rotation? Short trips don't
have an effect on tire wear! It's a milage based formula, not one based
on driving habits!