jeep liberty parts : Grab some of the four wheeling magazines and see for yourself. How many ofthe featured vehicles are Jeeps/Toys/Landies? Check out the advertisers andsee who makes parts for each of the above as well.The 4.0L I-6 engine has been around even longer, and can be counted on thelast 200,000 miles with general maintenance. With religious maintenance,reports of 300,000 before rebuild have been heard of. That's not somethingthe other manufacturers can boast. Once you have been bitten by the Jeepbug, parts are readily available to make your Jeep "better" I understand4Runners and Land Rovers have parts available too, but get ready to shellout some major $$ for the "privilege" of owning some of those vehicles.Maintenance is a similar expense, especially when you need parts. Toyotahas a good reputation for reliability, but the cost of replacement parts isincredible! Don't have a ballpark on Land Rover parts, but gauging by thecost of the base vehicle I'm going to say you can pretty much be assuredaccessories and parts are just more $$$...
jeep liberty parts : Rack and Pinion steering has never worked??? What are you talking about? The finest racingautomobiles have R&P steering.I agree with you that automotive designs are taking us to the Rav4, CRV type of vehicles, but yourmoronic view that R&P steering has never worked is beyond comprehension.rack and pinion does work, for a few miles. Go into a Midas Muffler orsimilar shop, and you'll see stacks and stacks of replacement R & Passemblies. Then ask to see their replacement parts for recirculating ballsteering systems.l There will be not even ONE! R & P is very cheap to make,expensive to repair. 99% of all the wear in R & P is right in the center ofthe rack, and in just one place on the pinion. This is because almost allthe steering-wheel movement is for small corrections in straight aheaddriving. Soon several inches of wheel play developes. R & P was used inthe 1920's, and that era. It was given up by reputable manufacturers, butreintroduced in econo boxes when they began to appear. R & P is like frontwheel drive, and struts. All three are cheap to make, expensive to repair.The manufacturer saves money in building, and makes money selling parts andlabor to fix em. It is true that golf carts and riding mowers have r & p.Not because it makes for better handling, but because it is c h e a p. Inrace cars, the steering has to last only a few ;hundred miles. R & P isbanned in many racing circuits because it is prone to break.
jeep liberty parts : Hi ATTnews, I agree, rack and pinion have no place in a Jeep. They are designed to workat spindle level parallel through independent suspension. So, on a Jeep straightaxle the R & P would be the first thing that got whacked. But, for sporty carsthey are exactly what is needed, because they are designed to link at theprecise position to work with their "A" frame or strut geometry. A gear box mustuse an idler, and then it's difficult to have the tie rods beat at a good allaround road race position. The R & P failures you see are from poor maintenance,usually some jerk adds ATF to bring the reservoir full, it then carries airbubbles and the lubrication fails and we see the metallic particles in the oilindicating the wear. But, I'm sure they could build one strong enough to use onthe 36" travel 4 X 4 Baha trucks, and I bet they do. Later, BillBill, thanks for another point of view. The r & p cars I've driven (notmine) had that loosey, jerky, lots-of-play feel after several thousandmiles. Never noticed it at all in cars with recirculating balldesign.....just my 2 cents......
jeep liberty parts : I am buying a new Sport Utility for the wife. She has it narrowed down to anXterra and a Liberty. Which is the best for off-road as I will have thevehicle in 4 years or so?I would buy the Nissan. The liberty is brand new, and DC will neet time tofix the bugs that they haven't found yet in the new design. I haven't heardof any major issues with the Xterra in the names of build quality.--1976 AMC Hornet (project)1981 Datsun King Cab Pickup 2.2 L diesel1983 Volkswagen Rabbit 1.6 L turbodiesel (project)1988.5 Suzuki Samurai Hardtop1999 Dodge Ram 2500 Cummins 24 Valve TurbodieselThe only drawback I know of with the Xterra is its front-end. Thesuspension design hasn't changed since '86, and it blows throughshocks really quickly, especially the soft factory ones. After 1year, a friend replaced his Xterra's shocks with Rancho RSXs, and he'smuch happier now, especially since the Ranchos come with a lifetimewarranty. He'll be using it.Other than that, the Xterra is an excellent rig with Nissan's historyof reliability behind it. I get one much sooner than the Liberty.
jeep liberty parts : On Sat, 30 Jun 2001 09:46:20 -0500, "Diesel Power" wrote:"Erik" wrote in message...Even though I'm a fan of Jeep, I'd probably by a Nissan before the Libertybecause the Liberty is brand new. My Comanche was one of the first to usethe 4.0L engine, and they made quite a few design errors on the vehicle(French-designed cooling and tranny, for the major mistakes). The Xterrahas been out for a longer while, allowing them to find and fix some errors.That said, I'm not overly fond of the Xterra's styling, but if whoever isbuying it likes the styling, then this is not a consideration. Actually, ifI wanted an offroad rig, I'd buy a Cherokee before they are gone and modifyit for offroad. For light offroading, either the Xterra or the Libertywould be fine.The Xterra is basically a Nissan Frontier pickup truck with a tallboxy body placed onto it, and has all the good and bad features of theFrontier -- rugged frame, decent towing capability, large carryingcapacity, heavy weight, poor gas mileage, poor performance, sluggishsteering, jouncy ride when lightly loaded due to the buggy springs(leaf springs) on the rear axle. It is, however, roomy and coollooking. It can also be turned into a reasonable offroader withaftermarket parts, though Nissan offroad parts aren't as widelyavailable as, say, Toyota Tacoma, Suzuki Sidekick, or Jeep Wrangleroffroad parts.
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