2000 Jeep XJ Pensacola, FL

[Justin Lee]

Hello community!

I recently purchased this 2000 Jeep XJ with 100,000 miles on it. It has the 4.0 inline 6 and drives...interestingly... with the 35-inch mud tires. This isn't my first off-road-oriented vehicle, but it is the first project that goes this deep.

Recently, we had a hard freeze and record-breaking snow in Pensacola. At this time, the steering gearbox started leaking power steering fluid pretty badly. I am interested in changing the entire gear box instead of a rebuild. Do you guys have any advice?

Justin

 

[ThundahBeagle]

Had a WJ, same engine and a lot of other parts. I think these came with Saginaws stock. Not and Allen screw on top of steering box. Loosen nut. If steering it tight, loosen allen screw a bit and then re-tighten nut. Check those out as they c ou old also be source of your leaks. You may not need to change it out.

If the seals are gone or its cracked or whatever, yeah, just replace it. I remember it being a little tough to find some years ago though that may have changed

 

[Offroadnutz]

Nice Jeep. Looks like it has quite a bit of lift on it. How” interestingly” does it drive?

 

[Justin Lee]

Had a WJ, same engine and a lot of other parts. I think these came with Saginaws stock. Not and Allen screw on top of steering box. Loosen nut. If steering it tight, loosen allen screw a bit and then re-tighten nut. Check those out as they c ou old also be source of your leaks. You may not need to change it out.

If the seals are gone or its cracked or whatever, yeah, just replace it. I remember it being a little tough to find some years ago though that may have changed

Thank you for that information. I’ve read a lot of replacing with remans, but I’m going to disregard and try it anyways.

 

[Justin Lee]

Nice Jeep. Looks like it has quite a bit of lift on it. How” interestingly” does it drive?

Right now it definitely has some left/right creep. I’ve had mud tires on my Z71 and this is more than I’m used to. I hope after the steering gear box is replaced it will help some. I’ll post some pictures tomorrow.