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#141 · (Edited)
Just stopped by my dealership for a quick chat with my favorite service/parts manager. We talked brakes and batteries (haha) for a bit, then he asked me 'so what do you need ?', to which I replied 'my rear wheels are like this', showing him what I meant with my hands making an inverted V. He immediatly said 'ah those darn knuckle bushings'...
Very happy to find out they replace them, and their supplier is the one mentionned earlier in this thread : Transbec (it's in Canada). I mentionned Doorman and he knew they had a new kit for Cherokees, but he hasn't tried them, happy with the current supplier.
I then asked him if there were two separate kits, for off-road and regular suspensions, and he didn't have his binder nearby but he's pretty sure one size fits both. I'll know officially when I get mine done, he'll show me the knuckle part numbers compatible with the kit.
He mentionned $150 (CDN) per side for the bushings (that's fine) and 2.5 hours, maybe 3. That's still WAYYY under what it costs to get new knuckles...

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#142 ·
Mark_ said:
Just stopped by my dealership for a quick chat with my favorite service/parts manager. We talked brakes and batteries (haha) for a bit, then he asked me 'so what do you need ?', to which I replied 'my rear wheels are like this', showing him what I meant with my hands making an inverted V. He immediatly said 'ah those darn knuckle bushings'...
Very happy to find out they replace them, and their supplier is the one mentionned earlier in this thread : Transbec (it's in Canada). I mentionned Doorman and he knew they had a new kit for Cherokees, but he hasn't tried them, happy with the current supplier.
I then asked him if there were two separate kits, for off-road and regular suspensions, and he didn't have his binder nearby but he's pretty sure one size fits both. I'll know officially when I get mine done, he'll show me the knuckle part numbers compatible with the kit.
He mentionned $150 (CDN) per side for the bushings (that's fine) and 2.5 hours, maybe 3. That's still WAYYY under what it costs to get new knuckles...

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Gonna need their street address for my gps. I’ll save it, until it’s my turn again
 
#143 ·
rumrunner said:
Gonna need their street address for my gps. I’ll save it, until it’s my turn again
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I know it's not funny, but it's... a little funny, considering where I live. I followed your thread on this so I know... it ultimately marked the end with your Limited :-(
Hopefully, if your current KL needs these in a few years, you'll have local resources to get them done.
 
#144 ·
Mark_ said:
I know it's not funny, but it's... a little funny, considering where I live. I followed your thread on this so I know... it ultimately marked the end with your Limited :-(
Hopefully, if your current KL needs these in a few years, you'll have local resources to get them done.
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yes, it is a little funny & yes we all hope dealerships work these repairs into their domain, w/o exorbitant prices

wasn't there someone else on the forum that did his own & was willing to do mine? I think he was in Northern Maine? regardless, I was starting to also hear/feel a very slight rumble on sharp slow speed turns, as a warning sign for the rear end. had a loose right headlamp assembly, dented front hood, cracked front bumper cover, annoying intermittent "license plate light out" msg that was erroneous & 204k miles. but yeah it needed an alignment & I couldn't get that done due to the rear bushings. if it was just uneven wear I might have lived with it & just went back to rotations every 5k miles

what are your symptoms? tire wear?
 
#145 ·
rumrunner said:
yes, it is a little funny & yes we all hope dealerships work these repairs into their domain, w/o exorbitant prices

wasn't there someone else on the forum that did his own & was willing to do mine? I think he was in Northern Maine? regardless, I was starting to also hear/feel a very slight rumble on sharp slow speed turns, as a warning sign for the rear end. had a loose right headlamp assembly, dented front hood, cracked front bumper cover, annoying intermittent "license plate light out" msg that was erroneous & 204k miles. but yeah it needed an alignment & I couldn't get that done due to the rear bushings. if it was just uneven wear I might have lived with it & just went back to rotations every 5k miles

what are your symptoms? tire wear?
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Yep, tire wear ; I had left my dying winter tires on, to finish them off, and when I pulled them off it was obvious - like yours. I can also see the camber problem, similar to the first pic you posted of yours.

I also did not want to spend 3 to 4K on this, for new knuckles. Very Happy that my dealer is doing bushings. We have a few good small shops in town, maybe one of them can do bushings too, but I didn't check.
My Plan C was to buy salvaged knuckles, like a few in this thread have done, buy bushings and I have a buddy who does heavy machinery maintenance so their shop is more than fully equipped to do this type of work, plus the fact that he is wickedly good and loves a challenge. But getting them done at the dealership is the best option for me right now. They've shown me over the years that they will go the extra mile for customers, like tooling up years ago to do front lower ball joints, now tooling up for these bushings. Manager pointed out to me that Stellantis offers no tools or procedures for these jobs, they are on their own. I admire that.

The forum member you are talking about was, I think, in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia (close to Maine).
 
#147 · (Edited)
rumrunner said:
@Mark_ got an appointment?
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Not yet. Gotta book one for wife's car, she needs front LCA bushings (they are long overdue).
Planning to get this done of with the Jeep in a few weeks. Gotta make sure they have bushings in stock first.

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#149 ·
Mark_ said:
Not yet. Gotta book one for wife's car, she needs front LCA bushings (they are long overdue).
Planning to get this done of with the Jeep in a few weeks. Gotta make sure they have bushings in stock first.

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Smart man. Take care of wife first else your car becomes her car 😬
 
#150 ·
Mark_ said:
Yep, tire wear ; I had left my dying winter tires on, to finish them off, and when I pulled them off it was obvious - like yours. I can also see the camber problem, similar to the first pic you posted of yours.

I also did not want to spend 3 to 4K on this, for new knuckles. Very Happy that my dealer is doing bushings. We have a few good small shops in town, maybe one of them can do bushings too, but I didn't check.
My Plan C was to buy salvaged knuckles, like a few in this thread have done, buy bushings and I have a buddy who does heavy machinery maintenance so their shop is more than fully equipped to do this type of work, plus the fact that he is wickedly good and loves a challenge. But getting them done at the dealership is the best option for me right now. They've shown me over the years that they will go the extra mile for customers, like tooling up years ago to do front lower ball joints, now tooling up for these bushings. Manager pointed out to me that Stellantis offers no tools or procedures for these jobs, they are on their own. I admire that.

The forum member you are talking about was, I think, in New Brunswick or Nova Scotia (close to Maine).
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That's me and I am in New Brunswick.

I have 2 sets of OE bushings available now. I've done so many by now that I know exactly what tools to prep for the job haha
 
#154 ·
FYI, I saw few Youtube videos showing them using C clamp to remove/install the bushings. Interestingly, neither of the videos I saw shows the actual process of bushings going out/in with the C clamp, just a finished product. I've personally tried the C clamp with 3/4" Impact and it simply will not budge. These are not your typical soft sleeve bushings.

This is just a PSA for anyone that wants to do this yourself so you don't get yourself in a pickle.
 
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#158 ·
So... today was the day. Dealership appointment to replace the rear knuckle bushings.

Everything went as per estimate. They charged me $300 (canadian) for both sets of bushings and 5.5 hours total for the job.
We can buy the bushings for like $100 per side online, but I don't mind the dealership taking $50 profit (per side). I could have ordered and supplied my own, but I didn't, for this job.
Some can do the job faster, I know that, but I'm just glad I had someone competent and ready to this for me. Paid less than 1/3 what it would've cost for new knuckles, basically.
They insisted on doing a 4-wheel alignment ; everything is back to spec. 95K miles on the KL.

Very happy :) .

Now it's safe for me to say that the Transbec CP1879 bushing kit fits non off-road and off-road suspension KLs (mine is an AD1 Latitude). The knuckles themselves are different, but not the bushings. I'm sure it's the same thing with the latest Doorman bushing kit as well.
 
#160 ·
rumrunner said:
@Mark_ well done sir!!
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Thank you ! Picked her up a short while ago. Oh My... I realized how 'loose' things had gotten back there as soon as I got out of the dealership's parking lot. No more clunking over every little crack, everything feels so tight now. I haven't had any work done up front for 60K+ miles and I can feel some looseness, but the back.... wow...

Dealer said no obvious work needed up front at this point. Good to hear.
Now I order my new winter tires, rebates are out and I've found a new good/cheap canadian online outfit. Getting Continental VikingContact 7s. Winter fast approaching here.
 
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