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Should I demand he take it back? (Or F my life)

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#1 · (Edited by Moderator)
Long story but I feel miserable and need to vent:

Well drove out to swap a tire with a 4x4 guy today and I told him how my mechanic removed the rear track bar to solve my death wobble.

He goes - wait, he didn't install another one?

Me - nope he said it's ok

Him - he is nuts.

He actually knows the mechanic, and said he is such a off road guy he doesn't get road safety. He says he would NOT drive a jeep without a rear track bar.

Anyways on way back to home I call mechanic and talk with him about this. He feels its safe, blah blah, says he has driven all over without one, etc. Regardless, I say I am ordering one!

When I get home I notice a puddle under neath my jeep. I start to shit a brick. I look at it...I thought oil but me and my neighbor think it is definitely transmission fluid, but it seems to be coming from the transfer case. We check the trans fluid and it is over the WARM hole on the stick. My neighbor is convinced someone overfilled it and now it has blown a seal.

Regardless, now I have two issues to deal with. I called the owner of the lot I bought it from and gave him my piece. He said to take it back to the mechanic tomorrow and have him look at it, not to worry about it, etc. But HOW CAN I NOT WORRY ABOUT IT? I just made a 15k investment in (what I thought to be) a dependable vehicle. I do NOT have the money to be ******* around with this forever.

What do ya'll think - about both issues?
 
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#51 ·
axle moving side to side could have caused the crush sleeve to crush more to its a tight fit and if it gets slack then tight then slack from side to side might have done that if the seal is leaking same senero (i think thats how its spelled) could be have the new mech. check your backlash and pinion lash to make sure they are at par
 
#57 ·
I'm glad the adjustable track bar fixed the problem, that tells me that one of two things has happened, either the old track bar was just a little off, or the Jeep itself is just a hair off, knowing the 1quality of Jeeps, I'd say it was the old track bar, all it takes is a little slight tweak and those things are off center just enough to make your life hell. Just remember to tell the mechanic that they are adjustable when you take it for alignments
 
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