After Wheeling, and maintenance

[mprayii]

As you know I am new, (I know I wont be able to use this excuse much longer)

But I was reading Jay's thread and instead of changing the topic, I decided to start a new one.



What kind of maintenance should I do after a trail ride?
(I have a TJ if it matters)

[jps4jeep]

Go to the pay and spray car wash, and pressure wash the hell out of the under carrige. get the brakes, wheels, tranny, tcase, motor, etc... get all the mud and dirt off of all the floor boards (don't even worry about the out-side yet) also after every 4 or 5 trips, I like to drain anything that holds fluid and has a vent (axles, tranny, tcase) all very simple to do, even for the beginner, should not take more than a hour to do. (even quicker if someone helps, a little longer if your friend's name is coors light hint... hint..) you just want to make sure that there is no water inside them, axles will most likely have the water in them, to have water in your tranny, you basically need to submerge the entire vehicle cause the vent if 99% of the time up high on the fire wall. Your rear axle will most likely have the most water in it, the vent it the lowest of all the vents, it is located in the rear fender near the back side of the gas fill.

also a good chassis lube is a good Idea, after stomping through water, then pressure spraying everything off, hit all your u-joints and tie rods and basically anything with a grease zerk with some fresh grease.

Now you can wash the mud off of the exterior, even though it is tempting to wear it like a badge, it can promote rust if left on for long periods of time (months)

[mprayii]

Thank you!

Any recomendations on what and which oils to use on the axles, tranny, and t-case?

And will one of those hand pump greasers work for me? Which grease should I buy?

The parts store can probably answer all this for me, but a jeepers opinion can be a great thing.

[jps4jeep]

Go to autozone and pick up a little grease gun and then go to napa and get flexible rubber extention to get into the small places.

As for gear oil and stuff, I think your axles take 90 weight gear oil... Not to sure off the top of my head, good fall back is, when at Autozone, pick up a service/repair manual. your Tcase, any type of ATF would be fine, if you do you tranny, I would recommend some penzoil syncromesh or redline syncromesh, But the factory recomends something, I just forget, but Do Not put GL5 in! Big NO NO.I think you have the NV3550 tranny and not the AX15 so check the manual.

[JeepFan555]

Now thats some good addvice, I really never thought about maintenance after wheelin' I was just glad that i got out with out breaking anything.

[slab42]

I have the NV, and I use synchromesh by pennzoil. works the nutz... also, for the diffs, check your manual, cuz some take gear oil, some take like 75-140 or something like that. (usually for lockers, or if you tow, etc.) royal purple i have heard is good for the diffs. the tcase i believe is just atf, but jeeps vary from year to year, check your manual, and post your exact year and model for better assistance here!