im guessing sticky or dirty throttle body
If it makes you feel better, my 04 does the exact same thing.josaff said:Hey guys whats up, and happy new year.
I have a problem, my 04 tj seems to have a problem after letting off the skinny pedal to shift the rpms stay around 2k and then slowly fall back to idle, or the shift is lurchy due to the throttle not letting off. Any guesses, I live in NY and it is cold right now. This is not the first time it has done this but it always has gone away in the past. thanks
Yes! Thanks very common for us all. A long extension, and a 15mm ujoint socket works well. It isn't uncommon to have to tighten them about everyother month.josaff said:Thanks guys i just ordered the gasket(your right no one has one) hope it does the trick. does any one here ever have the bolt in their exhaust were it goes from 4 to 2 get loose, mine seem to need to be tightened every so often?
As far as I could tell everything is moving well and there are no hangups in the linkage or cable.
Thanks guys for the help!
X2-Sweetpee's on a roll!SweetPee said:Yes! Thanks very common for us all. A long extension, and a 15mm ujoint socket works well. It isn't uncommon to have to tighten them about everyother month.josaff said:Thanks guys i just ordered the gasket(your right no one has one) hope it does the trick. does any one here ever have the bolt in their exhaust were it goes from 4 to 2 get loose, mine seem to need to be tightened every so often?
As far as I could tell everything is moving well and there are no hangups in the linkage or cable.
Thanks guys for the help!
Seems like I want to say someone tried that but it was only half successful and was a PITA to do. IIRC, the loctite held well for a little while but over time the heat cycles still broke it loose. But now Loctite has some new formulas out now...so it is possible there is a better product out there now. Summit Racing or the Eastwood Company carry a pretty up to date selection of loctite.BLACK RUBI said:I'm sure this has been tried/done but is Loc-Tite been used on the problem bolts?
Where do you find this stuff??? That looks like it would work nicely here in this situation. Nice work!!! I did try loctite once, but as you mentioned, it didn't last long. I'm sure it was from repeated heating/cooling cycles that finally gave out. What's kinda dumb is those bolts go up into some cheesy flimsy ring thing and I'm sure if I torqued hard enough, I'd strip the stupid threads out on that upper portion and be in a world of hurt for something to replace it with. They're kind of like the ones in the dash that the dash screws go into-that fit over the plastic lip-I forget the name of them. Anyway, a real nut up top would likely be a better solution to what they have from the factory. Those things Sweetpee listed though from that stage 78 place or whatever look like the best solution. I wonder what they cost for a set of 4?SweetPee said:Seems like I want to say someone tried that but it was only half successful and was a PITA to do. IIRC, the loctite held well for a little while but over time the heat cycles still broke it loose. But now Loctite has some new formulas out now...so it is possible there is a better product out there now. Summit Racing or the Eastwood Company carry a pretty up to date selection of loctite.BLACK RUBI said:I'm sure this has been tried/done but is Loc-Tite been used on the problem bolts?
What I have thought about but never done or researched is getting the dimensions of the bolt(s) and calling up Stage 8 and seeing what they could do.
Eric, I snapped one last winter and luckily it was the forward most bolt. I was able to remove the broken bolt from the nut thingy with heat. I remember getting one from tractor supply (it was a weekend when I was doing that 4 hr round trip commute) but, can't recall the size.SweetPee said:..........Getting the deminsions of the bolt is what you would have to have though in order to find out and I have never gotten around to totally removing a bolt to find out. I also figure it would be a PITA to reinstall once I did also.
If anyone knows the demindions for these bolts, and if they are different depending on model year, post up. Maybe we could figure this thing out.
You'd have to drill a hole in the head(s) of the bolts or replace them with bolts that have holes inorder to wire them. Even then I'd say you would really have some trouble getting in there to wire them up. It's tough enough to get a socket in there.BLACK RUBI said:To tell you the truth I've not seen the problem bolts you all are talking about firsthand (guess I may need to check them out) but is safety wiring them an option? Just throwing it out there FWIW.