I banged up rubi pretty good last time off roading. The dealer says that i need a new "Front track bar shock" ? I think that is what they said. I guess i banged it up really well. I also ripped off my boot from my front drive shaft. They say its non-serviceable and want to charge something like $375 to replace the drive shaft. So my question is where can i get one of those front shocks and a replacement 2 piece drive shaft boot?

 

Can you take a picture of what you broke it may be the steering stabilizer and you can get a new one for $70.

Trackbar new one $188

Not dealing with a stealership- Priceless.

Sorry I had to

David

 

Dave thanks for the reply. That funny because i just emailed you after i had a look with a co worker and found out it is indeed the steering stabilizer. Looking forward to your response!!!

 

Replacing a driveshaft shouldn't be that difficult. I did my Grand Cherokee in an hour and it had rusted hub bolts.

 

Replacing the steering stabilizer is easy and cheap to do by yourself. If you get the Superlift model, it's only $60 or so, and it comes with brackets that mount it up and out of the way of rocks, so it won't get destroyed again. You can get them from Quadratec.

As for the driveshaft, $375 isn't actually that bad of a deal if they are replacing the entire drive shaft, but it seems silly that they can't service the CV joint and just regrease and replace the boot.

If you DO have to get an entire new drive shaft, spend your $375 on a nice new one with serviceable u-joints, and bolt it on yourself.

-E

 

The driveshaft boot is likely damaged due to the clamp hitting the lip of the tranny pan, either ripping off the clip and/or spinning/ripping the boot. If you didnt have the lift that should be covered... now because you have a lift they will likely blame your lift for it so this will be a challenging sell. I had my dealer ready to repair the same thing, but I had already done it myself since I just needed to replace the clip, the boot was 95% ok.

To help with your case have your dealer dude slide under one from the lot and look at the clearence of that clip and the pan... its pretty obvious lack of design clearence, the slightest shift in your front axle while offroading combined with unlucky timing on the clips rotational position and "Bang" off goes the boot.

and yes, lifts can make it more suceptable. But I would be surprised if a stock build never encounters it.

-Phid

 

Thanks guys but the $tealer didnt budge. The boot is still covering almost all of the cv joint. So i just put a new clamp on the end, hopefully it will hold. Then i guess i will let it ride until it can't ride no more and replace it myself.

 

I'd get a new drive shaft on order ASAP. Depending on how much grease you lost, and how much water got in, your CV going may not be long for this world!

-E

 

check out these links and print them off for your dealer. there is no way a 2.5" lift should cause the boot rip. The boots have been ripping on stock vehicles becasue of the piss poor driveshaft design and placement next to the skid that these boots have been getting ripped by. I was just at the dealer this morning for my rear shaft, it is being replaced under warranty.

http://www.semasan.com/main/main.aspx?id=60127

http://www.sema.org/Main/SemaOrgHome.aspx?ID=50100

 

They are not claiming failure because of the lift. They are claiming "Impact Damage"! Even though shaft is tucked away in there and i have no idea how something could hit it. What can i do when they say "Impact Damage"? I think i might call the salesman. He has helped before when the service monkeys tried to dick me.