ShadowsPapa
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- Bill
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2004 WJ - are the rear axles easy enough to remove to replace an axle seal? I was looking at the brakes and ABS triggers and sensors and in the process discovered the right rear axle seal is leaking and there's grease all over the right parking brake shoes. Is it a hassle, or pretty easy, to remove the right rear axle, what all has to come off (my shop is full, garage is full, so would like to know the time involved as I have to do this outside and weather is - well, it's Iowa and October)
Again, 2004 WJ - ABS dash light came on a year ago. NO ONE has any scanners that can read the code to tell me where to start looking. On another forum (jeep related) it was suggested I just start digging and look at everything. Wow, I could spend a day and not narrow it down at all and there's no time for just starting to pull things apart and hope. They also suggested a $150 scanner could read the old Jeep ABS codes and I hate like heck to buy a scanner I'd use one time and then set it on a shelf for the rest of my life. Everything else I work on is either OBD I or older, and my JT - I have iCar and jscan for that so another scanner would also be a duplicate.
They suggested "take it to the local parts stores and they'll scan it" -yeah, they can IF it is "check engine" - no one can scan ABS for these things.
Well, then take it to a dealer, they'll scan it - yes, they will, for about $125. (minimum hourly charge)
So looking for much less expensive ideas that 150 bucks for a one time scan for ABS. Apparently it's possible some Jeeps used Mercedes code in those at that time????
I'd rent a tool if I could, but nothing in this area for rent, and then it would be a craps shoot as to if a given tool could read 2004 Jeep WJ ABS codes. (jscan cannot and so far has not responded to my questions anyway)
Again, 2004 WJ - ABS dash light came on a year ago. NO ONE has any scanners that can read the code to tell me where to start looking. On another forum (jeep related) it was suggested I just start digging and look at everything. Wow, I could spend a day and not narrow it down at all and there's no time for just starting to pull things apart and hope. They also suggested a $150 scanner could read the old Jeep ABS codes and I hate like heck to buy a scanner I'd use one time and then set it on a shelf for the rest of my life. Everything else I work on is either OBD I or older, and my JT - I have iCar and jscan for that so another scanner would also be a duplicate.
They suggested "take it to the local parts stores and they'll scan it" -yeah, they can IF it is "check engine" - no one can scan ABS for these things.
Well, then take it to a dealer, they'll scan it - yes, they will, for about $125. (minimum hourly charge)
So looking for much less expensive ideas that 150 bucks for a one time scan for ABS. Apparently it's possible some Jeeps used Mercedes code in those at that time????
I'd rent a tool if I could, but nothing in this area for rent, and then it would be a craps shoot as to if a given tool could read 2004 Jeep WJ ABS codes. (jscan cannot and so far has not responded to my questions anyway)
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