I'm not talking about equipment (recovery equipment), but rather tools you use or find yourself needing a lot, whether it be a jack or air tool. What are the tools you guys have that you would recommend to a new jeeper to keep in the garage or on trail?

 

Here are a couple useful threads for trail tools ...

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/stoc...ol-kit-126117/

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/jk-o...-tools-284458/

As for shop tools, that's going to depend a great deal on your level of work. If you have a good set of trail tools, then you'll have a good start on a basic set for the garage. From there you can add an occasional tool that's needed for a specific task as you come up on that need. And there is always your local auto parts store, which will loan out specialty tools for a refundable deposit. But, once you get into buying tools, watch out for several things that are a threat to your future financial security:

• The Craftsman Hardware section in any large Sears store
• Any Matco/Snap-on/etc truck
• Harbor Freight/Steve's Wholesale Tool Stores (I don't recommend you buy much from them, but they do sometimes have a tool you can't get anywhere else; that's where I bought my sheetmetal brake, for example).

 

For the garage I would recommend a roll around floor jack, and at least a pair of heavy duty jack stands. I like the 6-ton red jack stands from Tractor Supply, and I prefer to have 2 pair of them. A 2 to 3 ton floor jack is a good size.

 

A breaker bar, most JKs were built by the Incredible Hulk.

 

A few of everything that has 18mm written on it. The hulk likes his 18mm nuts...

 

A few garage tools that I have used in jeep modding that every jeeper needs:
-a heat gun (for wiring projects and decal work to name a few)
-a good 1/2 sockst set with torque wrench and breaker bar
-a good HD floor jack and stands
-an angle grinder with some good cutoff wheels.

Ive used the above stated so many times through the years on various jeeps. If I was a newbie I would stop by the tool store on the way home from the dealership for atleast those.

 

i got a chuckle out of this

 

I always carry pliers, a basic socket set, and screwdrivers when im hitting the trails. Those few tools can help fix most problems when you are off road.

 

Make sure to have a 13 mm ****12 point**** socket or box end wrench if you wish to be able to pull the unit bearing (as in when removing a broken axle shaft), and a 35 and/or 36 mm axle nut socket (check BOTH sides of your front axle to see which you have--some JKs have one of each!).

 

a torx set that includes sizes up to and including 50 and 55 and maybe 60 is a must have, for the hard top and doors and seat belt attachment to rollcage points (if you ever want to remove roll bar covers or the bars themselves ect) and what everyone else said so far. also you need the torx the first time to take off doors since they are locked on with a torx nut.