i take pride in doing all my wrenching my self.i have done all kinds of stuff thru the years,i have installed body lifts,suspension lifts,
u joints,clutchs,engines,axle bearings,steering parts,body work,water pumps
basically every thing.just about any part you can list i have done it.i dont mount and balance tires,i have front end alignments done after i change all the parts myself.how many people here do most if not all work themselfsneo

i do. i'm too tight to pay someone for something i can do myself

I do everything I can, except exhaust systems, machine work and alignments. However, I'm dying to try Jerry's alignment procedure some day.

I got burned a long time ago by a garage when I was 17 and haven't been back since (except for warranty work). I re-invest the labor savings and buy more tools.... The only thing I'm missing is a lift...maybe in a couple of years.

Now the only person I can blame for any screw ups is myself.... I prefer it that way.

what is jerry's alignment procedureneo

You should do your own alignments also, it pretty simple.

BTW what is "jp"?

how do you do your alignmentneo

i do what i can. i am still learning, but what i can't do my hubby does. he is a mechanic and does all of the repairs and installs on his jeeps, he hates to have other people work on his jeep.

I try to do as much as I can. It's my Jeep, if I screw it up or break it it's my problem and part learning of about my Jeep.

I have done all the service to my Jeep since I got it. Lift kit, brakes, oil, heater core etc. Like stated above, why pay someone to do what I can do in my own garage.

On a side note, I used to take my truck in for general maintenance, but that was only due to lease rules at an apt I was renting at that stated no working on vehicles.

Jeff

I do 95% of my own work

There is a ton of useful info here.> Jeep TJ Installation Write-Ups by 4x4xplor.com

.......and the alignment here.> Basic Jeep Front End Alignment

Everything except alignments, mounting, and balancing.

I finally have a good garage, and hopefully a lift will be installed in a couple of years. It's planned for after new a new roof and siding on the house.

I do absolutely everything. No body touches my jeep but my closest friends and my dad. I have completely disassembled my jeep down to a bare frame and rebuilt it from the ground up. I did the Chevy 350/SM465 swap, Ford 8.8 install, fabricated my bumpers and tummy tuck cross-member, rebuilt the transmission and transfer case, installed ring and pinion(correctly), did all the body work, prepped and painted, and built my custom dash. I built the 3" exhaust system with a Y pipe. I've mounted and dismounted my 38's and mounted my 35's and front end alignment.

That's a good write-up on alignments. Actually, that's a cool site in general.

I've tried to adjust the toe before (on Dodge 4x4s) and never seem to get it right.

I do all my own work and family members work, everyone else gets charged. I was a tech at GM dealerships for 8 years before I switched careers. Only problem is, I have my tool box in my mothers garage and a weekend warrior box where I'm renting, so chances are where I am doing the work, the tool I need is at the other place!

I've done everything so far. Once something gets into the bottom end of the motor, or things that need special diag/equip, then it goes to the shop.

I havent had to fix anything on
this YJ just oil changes
only had about a year so far
knock on wood

I definately believe in doing all my own wrenching and with all the write-ups now a days its pretty easy to do most of the mechanical stuff yourself. Its a good to know the ins & outs of your Jeep, especially if out on a trail and encounter any issues or breakage.

Chris

I tried to do as much as I can... changing fluids, minor steering and suspension upgrades, bushings, brakes, etc...

but for anything more than that I have to go to a professional. I like to watch!

I do everything I can, and what I can't the guys in the club help out with instruction. Like when I wrestled the front track bar for 45 mins trying to get it to line up so I could run the bolt through. As my "buddys" watched on one finally said " It will line right up if you move the steering wheel". What are friends for.

I do everything on my rig from gear installs to fabing thing up
I also get some friends rigs in to do odd and end things for them
like my buddys samurai on 33's
I had to fix all the body work on it and now I am putting coils and linking the suspension along with bulding a custome front stinger winch bumper

I pretty much do everything on mine also. However it really helps having the friends that I have.

Do ALL my own. On all my vehicles.

i dont have money.

so i have to do it myself.

but thats the way it should be.

you learn by doing it urself.

Right, then you have a better understanding of how everything works and it's limitations and also can more easily diagnose malfunctions and internal breakages.

I do all my own work too, at least what can be handled in a driveway with a floorjack and stands. If I dont know how, I grab a friend or a book, or both.
I have a few connections for things that I cant handle, or dont wanna be bothered with.

I do everything that I can do. Certain things that require big/expensive tools or actually putting it on the lift gets outsourced.

Some things I have friends help with (especially the welding as I don't have one).

I don't mount or balance my tires, but I rotate them as an example.

me and a buddy just finished swapping my ax15 tranny. Had to swap Tcase and bellhousing and shifter tunnel onto the new one and reinstall everything.

Oh good times...sweat, blood, beer, cursing....ya know

Jeez, no wonder it was so hard. You got the order all wrong.

It's:

1. Blood
2. Cursing
3. Beer
4. I dunno, I forget...

I do as much as I can. If I can't I call a friend who knows. I can always go to the auto hobby shop on base if I need special tools or a lift. I figure that no one will do as good job on my jeep as I will!