Amazing. I did the TJ easily enough by putting it on axle stands, and then
using a t-bar bearing against a brick to prevent the inner bolt from turning
which I made sure the cam washer stayed in place on the other side. Fairly
easy with a long torque wrench.
Jeep dealers here charge £70 per hour, which is ~ $122.50 per hour. Needless
to say, I don't give them any of my business. They are not too bad for
getting Wagoneer parts from as their markup is often less than the US->UK
shipping price.

Dave Milne, Scotland
'91 Grand Wagoneer, '99 TJ

"DougW" > wrote in message
news:b2vEe.27312$mC.2976@okepread07...
> So I've got a bit of popping when taking off or going into
> reverse. It's not drive train but rather the control arms
> just need the bolts retorqued. Been there done that about
> every three to four years depending on how hard I drive the
> Jeep.
>
> The only problem is it's difficult to put 130ft.lbs on the lower
> arms without air tools or having the Jeep lifted and I do _not_
> like working under a vehicle on jacks especially when horking on
> bolts. To do it right I need a real lift.
>
> Anyhoo, back to the story. Called the Jeep dealership to ask
> how much they would charge to hit up eight bolts. They tell me
> it will be a 41$ charge to "examine the problem" and probably an
> hour of time $91 to fix it.
>
> 91$/hour! That's flatly insane. It must be due to the war in
> Iraq and oil prices driving up the cost of the imported booze
> the addleminded dealership owner swills down.
>
> ....
>
> Well, it costs about 4-5$/hr to rent lift space at the auto-hobby
> shop on base. So it looks like I'll be there later next week.
>
> It will probably take me an hour but that includes bs time and
> a few sodapop breaks since the rack is outside.
>
> ....
>
> --
> DougW
>
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