I made the following list a few years ago for my local clubs website.


I'm tired of carrying every tool I own in my jeep so I'm making a list of tools to carry specific to my JKU Rubi and thought I would share it and see if you guys can add more. I'll list the tool/size and what it's used for. Once we get a good list maybe one of the mods can make it a sticky like the TJ 'Should Have' Tool list.

JK Tool Kit

Suspension and Steering components - I have all these sizes in 1/2" drive sockets and wrenches, with some extensions and will add some elbows (I think thats what they are called). Some of the smaller ones I have in 3/8" drive as well.

Front Suspension and Steering Components

Upper Control Arm - 18mm
Lower Control Arm - Frame 21mm
- Axle 21mm (mine is 22mm as I have an aftermarket skid with different bolts)
Swaybar Links - 19mm
Trackbar - 21mm
Shocks - Upper - 17mm
- Lower - 18mm
Steering Stabilizer Shock - 18 mm
Steering Stabilizer Pinch Bracket - 15mm
Draglink Pinch Bracket - 15mm
Control Arm Lock Nuts - (stock doesn't have these but my RK Control Arms do) 1.5" box wrench or adjustable (not sure on this size)

Rear Suspension

Upper Control Arm - 21mm
Lower Control Arm - 21mm
Swaybar Links - 17mm
Shocks - Upper - 16mm
- Lower - 18mm
Trackbar - 21mm
Trackbar Bracket- (stock doesn't have this) - 22mm (Rock Krawler)

Axle Nut - 35mm or 1 3/8" (some might be 36mm)

Driveshafts - 8mm/15mm??

Brake Components

Front - Calipers - 13mm/1/2", 15mm open end wrench
- Pad Carrier - 21mm
- Brake Line - Caliper - 15mm
- @ hard line - 12mm/17mm
- Hub Bearing Unit - 13mm 12 point socket

Rear - Calipers - 13mm/1\2", 15mm open end wrench
- Pad Carrier - 18mm
- Brake Line - Caliper - 15mm
- @ hard line - 12mm/17mm

Brake Lines @ Master Cylinder - 12 mm

Brake Booster/Power Steering Bracket - 13mm

ABS Sensor - Allen Key 8mm

Battery and assorted grounds - 10mm

Alternator - 15mm

Throttle Body Adjustment - E10 reverse torx

Transfer Case Fill Plug - 10mm allen head
Transfer Case Drain Plug - 10mm allen head
Transmission Fill Plug - 14mm allen head (manuel)
Transmission Drain Plug - 17mm allen head (manuel)
Bottle pump to fill transfercase/transmisson (manuel)

Torxs Sockets for doors and hard top, and windshield - T50, T40, T35

General Tools

1/2", 3\8" drive torque wrench rated between 20 and 150ft. lbs.
Vise grips
Needle nose pliers
Soldering Iron, flux and solder
BFH
Wire strippers
Duct tape/Gorrilla tape
Assorted zap straps/Zip ties
JB Weld
Electrical Tape
Tie Wire
Assorted Fuses
Multi Meter
Breaker Bar
Code Reader
Heavy Duty Ratchet Straps
Funnel/long neck funnel
Utility Knife
Small Tarp
Hand Cleaner/Latex gloves
Rags/Shop towels
Spill Kit

 

^^^^. Good list. Are you sure about that ABS sensor? 18 mm? The whole sensor isn't that big.

And I think OEM DSs are 10 mm.

Might also add programmer, if Jeep tune is modified. Might want to take back to stock tune if at a dealer for repair while on a trip.

 

Probly wrong on the ABS sensor. Most of this list I made by crawling around underneath. Some items were suggestions from others. The ABS must be a typo. I'll double check the original thread and correct it here. Thanks for pointing that out. Also, this was for my 2011 JKU Rubi. Anyone using this should double check everything on their own rigs.

List corrected. ABS sensor is 8mm.

 

A steel pipe !

 

I don't know if it's because you have a Rubicon, or because you have a newer Jeep, but on my '09 Sport the swaybar links in the front are 18mm. I just disconnected and reconnected them this weekend and remember finding a socket easily and then being irritated that I didn't have a 18mm wrench. I have one of the common sets that come with a 17 and an 19.

 

Double checked and my DS are 8mm. Sway bar links I will check another day. As a couple guys have pointed out, there are likely a few errors so be sure to double check everything on your own rigs.

 

It's an 8mm 12 point. They are easy to strip so a 12 point is a must.

 

DS=8 mm, yes. As for swaybar links, there may be some differences if folks have installed aftermarket parts. May be SAE. Ditto for the DW hardware upgrade kit.

 

"Easy to strip", LOL. I broke TWO Craftsman sockets replacing my front DS with a Tom Woods. The Sears guy was agog when I told him I broke them changing a DS ("No way a driveshaft is held in with 8 mm head bolts!" "Indeed there is; ten of them on each end in fact!", said I. LOL.). Anyway, the bolt heads are hex, so a hex socket (six sided) would be a better, stronger fit.

 

Adding to everyone's (very comprehensive, yet incomplete) lists: SAFETY GOGGLES! Because it sucks when you're wrenching under your jeep and you get dried mud falling IN your eyes while you work!