I like to wheel and am still learning alot about what my JK can do.

What should I do after wheeling?

I'm pretty much in dry desert territory and have noticed a few more squeeks and rattles after coming back home and driving around town. Are there certain areas I need to keep regularly lubed. I do wash the JK real good (especially the dust in the radiator fins).

My trails generally are easy-to-moderate level. See my signature for my setup - pretty much stock. And I disco the front.

Any thoughts would be helpful!! Thanks!!

 

Most (if not all) of your stock suspension uses rubber bushings at the stock suspension joints, but if you really had to, you could take a grease needle to all of the parts that see the most work when you go off roading (e.g. control arms, track bars, sway bars/ links, lower shock mounts, etc.). It would also be a good idea to go over all of those parts and take a wrench, or torque wrench to them to make sure none loosened up, and also to look over to see if anything was damaged.

 

After every run i due an after wheelin roll around. It is an inspection of the whole under carrage after washing it and before going any where else.

 

I always do a quick undercarrige inspection before I get on the highway after wheeling.

Sticks caught in springs or brake lines, big clods of mud inside the rims, mud caked radiator and debris on top of the cat are the most common things I look for.

As always check for leaking fluids and tire damage.

 

First thought after reading the title of the thread is to get a or .

 

As a doctor, I would recommend at least 2 cold beers in your favorite flavor.

And repeat prn.


(prn = as needed)

 

I thought abot the same thing, we usually get a couple of beers after wheeling.

 

The lesson here is that when the Tecate runs out, the work must stop.

 

If you go near mud at all, and you disconnect, I would highly recommend thoroughly washing off the connection points and making sure the bolts and nuts are clean before reinstalling. Re-check when you get home too as they tend to loosen up as did mine. Mine got a little grit in them during re-install, no water to wash off at the time, drove home forgot about it. Till my next w/e when I spent 3 hours trying to break the galled bolt loose and finally gave up on disconnecting. Ordered the Teraflex quick disconnects that night (this last Friday) and they should be arriving in a few days at which point I get to chop the old bolt off!

 

Maybe we all forgot a step...BEFORE heading for the 's at your local establishment, re-connect your sway bar links. If you don't, you may feel like you've already had a few before you get there.