Originally Posted by riknapora

Hey foks! I too broke down when my JK was barely broken in...in Alpine, at the top of the hill by the Ranger Station outlook. I had to ease it all the way down the hill in 4 because I had no clue what happened, and I wanted to get it in the parking lot to crawl under. So much for "free towing"...they only tow within 10 miles of a stealership. I got it in gear, drove home, and had to let my JK have a "sleepover" at the dealership where they replaced the entire cable (instead of the 30 cent bushing...no wonder Chrysler is broke). I was trying to sort through ways to keep the same thing from happening again, because of course Chrysler has yet to build a better cable/bushing/something, so I read through a lot of forums and spent lots of time online in general. I even contemplated taking off the t-case bracket to drill it, but when I crawled under my JK to remove the lever I realized that not only did Chrysler in their infinite wisdom decide to use a "torx-plus" bolt on the lever they also located it so close to the front yoke that the only way to remove said lever is to remove not only the front driveshaft but also the yoke...and didn't feel like tearing anything apart or disturbing a front seal that doesn't leak (yet). Instead, I bought a lever from the dealership and studied it. I finally came up with a cheap, easy, and effective fix that just about anyone should be able to do with some basic hand tools and some patience. I attached the pictures for your review...

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Originally Posted by riknapora

I went kind of overboard...I found a big hardened washer, drilled the hole to almost 1/2", put it over the Threadset, and it slid down to just the place I needed to cut...that way, I used a hacksaw and ended up with a pretty straight cut. The metal is actually rather thin. I also bought aluminum Threadserts, which would cut and finish so much easier! I was going to go the tie route, but I wanted something more permanent because I often wheel with my hounds and wife, and they'd all look at me funny if I break down for too long...

Originally Posted by 1JK's*

I will start off by saying

So several of us made a run up Martinez Mine here in AZ today. There were a couple of JK's (me and jrock776) a few TJ's and we were joined by one Toyota FJ. Prior to making the run, the FJ owner stated that he had never been on a run with Jeeps where one did not break down. Talkin a little smack, but that was ok, it was in fun.

We made the run up to the mine and had a great time. The Jeeps all handled the trails with ease, where as the FJ had its fair share of struggles, but made it none the less.

We turn around and head back out, make it past the most difficult parts and I go to shift from 4 lo to 4 hi and my shifter is moving freely and not engaging. I was still in 4 lo, however, it felt like a cable had broken with no resistance on the shifter whatsoever.

We stop and take a peek underneath and finally find where the cable from the shifter attaches to the transfer case. The small plastic clip that holds the cable on the transfer case arm was broken and the cable slipped off the arm. (this is where I will have pictures later I swear).

I do not know if this is normal, but it was held on with a plastic retainer clip!!

Thankfully we were able to get the cable to slip back on and hold it in place manually long enough for me to be able to shift into 2wd for the rest of the ride home.

I am sure you guessed it, the FJ owner looked at his rig and laughed and said he didn't seem to be having any problems. Again in fun, but I was pissed. A Rubicon with just over 3000 miles on it and it breaks.

Appointment at the dealer on Monday.

Has anyone else experienced this? Surely by the way it was put together, I can't be the only one.

Originally Posted by Mthorn2

Complete bullshyt is all I have to say about this problem. I was stuck in 4Low for hours out on the trails this weekend. Then some guys come by in jacked up old school fords. I told them what the problem was and they said (get this) your Jeeps a JK right yeah I've seen 3 or 4 JK having the same problem while on the trail. Jumped under the jeep and temp. reconnected the cable so I could get to 2 wheel drive. I appreciate their help but why hasn't there been a recall for something so obviously happening time and time again that even Ford guys know about it.......complete and utter Bullshyt.......jeep should be ashamed ......But I still love her, plastic bushing is better than something more expensive