Help with XJ T-case lowering kit...

so nobody has ever lowered a XJ transfer case before?

I'm running a CV already but im just lowering it 3/4 inch to reduce the angle on the front cv.

The whole idea of using a CV joint is so you don't have to lower the t-case. It is an either/or type of thing.

I mean why go spend big bucks on a rear CV joint when a buck in washers will get rid of the vibrations?

The only reason folks do this is to keep the clearance up.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

herman wrote:

the drive shaft actually became too short, hence the CV.

I get some vibration off the front, and since I have some pretty intense transfer case ski plates, I can lower the t case 3/4 inch and not worry because the skid plates are still there.

so nobody knows how to get the bolts out of the frame since they are holding the transfer case from the top down and I can't reach up top (into the frame) to pull the bolts out/ install the new ones..

Actually yes, I just read about a gent that did the same on another board.

Those are studs that unscrew so start soaking them in penetrating oil. The guy had a stud remover tool. Sort of an off set disk with a jaw. A plumbers pipe wrench comes to my mind. Others posted about using heat to loosen them too.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

herman wrote:

No man, noone has ever touched the bolts that hold the T-case, the jeep was purchased new in 01. Regardless 2 bolts are dropped down from inside the frame and too aim upwards and screw into the frame.. I don't understand how this was done and how I can get my new longer bolts in from above (within the frame)

Those are studs, not bolts and they unscrew from the bottom.

Mike

herman wrote:

There are nutserts in the frame rail thingy. They can strip so lube the stud well before trying to remove it. What everyone is saying is that the bolts sticking down are actually just threaded studs that screw into nuts that are up inside the frame rail. Worst case you can get new nutserts. KH

A friend has one spun out and he is coming over 'some' day to have me weld a bolt onto the outside of the frame. He is lowering it so the bolt head welded to the frame won't be in the way.

Mike

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so its a bolt..... with a nut at both ends?

Worst case you can get new nutserts.

Kinda, its a stud with a nut fastened inside the frame so you can remove and reinstall the stud and the nut will stay inside the rail. I found a really cool site that shows exactly what you are dealing with.

or if the link gets truncated

KH

okay I understand that, but 2 of the four bolts have nuts at the other end as well, so it makes no sense to me, which is why I thought they were bolts installed from the top down.

I think the studs are there to help you line it up when re installing it. Without studs there, its a beotch to hold your heavy crossmember and transfer case in just the right spot till you line up a bolt and get it held up in place. KH

That makes good sense.

Mike

86/00 CJ7 Laredo, 33x9.5 BFG Muds, 'glass nose to tail in '00 88 Cherokee 235 BFG AT's

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