Torque Specs

The rear axle in my 2009 Jeep Wrangler needed a re-gear to 4.10 to match the Rubicon Dana 44 front axle that I installed. While in there I installed a Detroit TrueTrac. You can find some great information on rebuilding and servicing axles in the book Differentials by Allen and Lyman. The Detroit Truetrac (Eaton Part #913A589) was selected for…

Our Subaru Forester (2015) started making a growling noise towards the rear of the vehicle. I jacked up the rear of the vehicle and turned both rear tires, one side made a growling noise. Oddly enough there was no play or other signs indicating a problem. I replaced both rear wheel bearings since they both have ~90k miles. This is…

The stock Jeep Wrangler 3.8 auto transmission pan has no drain plug. Servicing the transmission is much like servicing a front or rear differential except its overhead making it a messy job. Doorman makes a replacement pan that has a drain plug. While it has a few bad reviews on Amazon about the drain plug, its entirely the included drainplug…

In cleaning up and doing some maintenance on this new to me Jeep Wrangler It was apparent that the serpentine belt and tensioner needed to be replaced. The pulley on the tensioner had a little play and the serpentine belt was original with ~118k miles. The Gates tensioner appears to be identical to the Mopar (both stamped with “MADE IN…

This is a rather simple and straight forward job. It seems that most Jeep guys like the FEL-PRO gaskets for the 3.8. The 3.8 is a common motor and the gaskets seem to be available everywhere (cheap too). The FEL-PRO valve cover gasket set includes gromets for the valve cover bolts. I noticed that the PCV valve was stuck in…