How to replace the bushing on the front differential jeep grand Cherokee

how to remove and replace the front differential bushings that goes out on jeep grand Cherokee
I highly recommend you watch the video from start to finish so you can see all the tips on how to get the Front differential out This video is going to show you how to remove the Front differential axle Assembly and replace the broken bushing or worn out bushing on 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 Jeep grand Cherokee it’s probably also going to be about the same A Jeep Comander but I am uncertain of that. I hope the video helps you out ! And Thank you for viewing!
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[@melissalittrel9765]

Love the details in explaining what exactly your doing and why. You also explain different ways they may come out or in. Thank You 😊❣️

[@sharpcarco]

Thank you thank you very much Melissa I live for comments like this I greatly appreciate it and it makes it all worthwhile. Welcome to the channel. Very happy to have folks like you on board.

[@rayc.8555]

Thank you for the great vid. Very helpful.

[@DrunkenCrowMedia]

Im a panel beater in Australia, Gday mate, and so far i have replaced my 2007 Grand Cherokee front upper and lower control arms, struts, front and rear spring, rebuilt my brake calipers by watching yours and others videos, much appreciated. I have the 3.0 ltr turbo diesel that is in at the mechanics at present for the dreaded oil cooler leak, cost $3500 AU to fix. I will be doing my diff bushings next, this video is great, your a legend mate, cheers. Keep it up.

[@sharpcarco]

Dude that is so awesome what a way to wake up in the morning I greatly appreciate the kind words…. So thank you so so much brother!!!! And I don’t know if you’re aware of it.? But if you look at my Mercedes sprinter playlist I will show you everything you need to do with the Mercedes 3.0 CRD diesel which is the exact same engine that they put in your jeep I don’t know if any of my videos are titled Jeep but I definitely made a video removing the intakes and doing the Oil cooler and I know I made one of them on the jeep but even if they’re not Jeep my Mercedes videos will work to hopefully that helps you out a little bit more God bless welcome to the channel and have the best of days

[@DrunkenCrowMedia]

@@sharpcarco s going to have a crack at the oil cooler but im going on a long trip to far north Australia and didn't want any silly mistakes on my end so i bit the bullet and gave it to the mercedes guys to do.

[@Me-zo8yc]

@@sharpcarco Hey, I have just found your channel from Google and I am the UK. Thinking of buying a 2006 5.7 and heard this could be an issue - so thought I'd see how difficult it was, and what sort of community is out there. 😃

[@victoriageninla7847]

Thanks for posting this. Not going to do the work myself, but had an issue with my 2015 JGC for a while now and the tech finally found it. They are ordering new diff bushings, so now I know exactly what the part is and what they need to do to get the vehicle back in shape - thus, justifying the cost. Fun stuff.

[@sharpcarco]

I didn’t show people in the video, That when you have a lift you do not need to remove the front differential even though it is a real pain in the ass to replace with the differential in there and it’s rather simple to remove the differential but it can be done when somebody has a lift I felt like this way was the easiest way for people to do it in their driveway

[@bradhoff5035]

Good video. Getting ready to do this on my 05 GC this weekend. Tired of it clunking when going in and out of park. I was planning on removing BOTH CV axles ... think I'll try your way first. If I can avoid taking both sides apart that would be awesome. I work on cars almost everyday, but I've never done this particular job. Gotta love youtube! Thanks, Clay.

[@heathervaughan1029]

Thank you so much for making this video. I feel like I will be able to change out my bushing myself and I have never done any auto repairs. Of course I'm going to have someone to help me but I know your video is going to be the biggest help for me

[@sharpcarco]

OK in this video I show you how to remove the whole differential it may be simpler just to remove the bolts that are holding the differential open the vehicle and moving the differential to a position that allows you to get to the bushing this will save you time I don’t know if it’s a job I would tackle If I was an amateur getting that bushing out and getting it back in is much harder than getting the differential out But remember that if anybody else can do it you can do it to

[@tracymartin2535]

This video covers what I have to do with my JGC. I've never tried this but if somebody else can do it, I can do it. Thanks

[@sharpcarco]

Absolutely positive you can tracy!!!!

[@waltersabi816]

Nice job man, I

[@Renegade040]

Great video will give it a go.

[@007galaxie]

Great video.

[@rodgershrecengost5857]

great video

[@islandkokonuts6492]

Great video

[@bobby4star]

I just did this job without having to split the suspension down and without removing the front diff/axle from my WK. Same thing, top bushing was wrecked. If you put the car up on ramps, support the diff on a jack, undo the propshaft, undo the front, side and top bush bolts, then slowly lower the diff onto axle stands, from where you can wiggle it forward and then rotate the rear of the diff down, giving clear access to the top bush mount. Then use a fine hacksaw blade to cut two parallel slices into the bush casing, prise the "slice" out then the whole bush casing easily pulls out with pliers, even by hand. Then to simplify installation, if you don't have a hydraulic press, make a single 0.5mm cut into the new bush casing, then it can compress a bit and will go in so much easier and is still pretty tight in there. Check out my rather amateur vid showing some of what i did. This great vid here from "the clay way" inspired me to attempt this job, and i thought of a few ways to do this on the car and make it easier. Good luck with yours folks!

[@edwardyurkovich8325]

Awesome! Thanks for the info! I'm about to change the ones on an 08 GC! Sounds pretty simple that way!! 🤞 Lol Thanks again!

[@bradhoff5035]

All went as planned ... sure enough that top bushing on driver's side was gone ... I did end up going ahead and taking out the passenger CV too. Used a six-foot ladder under my lift, and lowered the JEEP until the weight was just balanced on the ladder ... I don't have a tall tranny stand. lol. My buddy then lifted the JEEP while I held the diff, then we both set it on the ground. Used the air sawzall and a chisel ... then a ball joint press to put the new ones in. Took about 4 hours. She drives sooo much better now without that slopping diff throwing off the whole front end geometry. Again, great video.

[@russnathan3549]

Awesome thanks

[@keithblair6218]

Really good info I was wondering if I had to pull axles before dropping diff doing diff bushings

[@sharpcarco]

The last when I did I didn’t even pull differential I did it with it up on the vehicle but I had it on a lift .

[@keithblair6218]

@@sharpcarco ill be doing it on my lift I appreciate your response

[@ffgriffin]

I'm in Michigan. Just south of GR. Getting a 08 jeep grand cherokee with bad front axle bushings. What do you charge to do this job? Thank you

[@austinangelford9326]

I was doing a lot of research on mine and I assume the bushings go bad in these year vehicles. I bought mine in july and I absolutely love it. It started making a noise and it's hard to describe but it will do it randomly sometimes and for awhile it would do it constantly but it was mostly when going slow and I've done research and found to be the bushing. I was just wondering if it does make a like clacking noise I guess that's how to describe it. We went into our close part store and they didn't have it and said we would have to order it online. Is there any online part stores you order from? I just really don't want to be scammed out of money or get the wrong one and wanting to make sure that is what is wrong with it

[@sharpcarco]

Well that’s awfully thoughtful love you angel. And I greatly appreciate it. I believe I put the part number in the video if not look me up on Clays AC and Auto Repair on Facebook messenger send me a message and I will get you the information that you need after I get some from you about your vehicle have a great day let me know if I can help in the future

[@YooToobz]

My 2006 Jeep GC has the knock when putting in reverse to drive or drive to reverse and I noticed the differential tilting. I could barely get a good view of it in my driveway, but the top bushing appears to be bad. I don’t have the tools to do this so will have to pay. I think I’ll have all the bushings replaced while they are under there. How many are there in total? Thanks for the great video!

[@thatsright2456]

Hey got the exact same issue along with clunking when downshifting from 2 gear to 1st Did replacing the bushing fix your issue would much appreciate the reply

[@DrunkenCrowMedia]

Hi Mate, Got a questions for you, Just got back from our trip to northern Australia, on the way home i went over a small speed hump in a supermarket and developed an instant heavy clicking from the front diff area, this heavy clicking is in straight line driving and only below 40 mph only on deceleration not on acceleration, feel like an intermittent binding of some sort or a clutch pack locking in and out violently with the right hand wheel giving a little skid if on dirt or small stones. This developed into a real loud banging sound when decelerating (not braking) that felt like the whole diff was jumping up and down, on inspection it appeared that the front diff was dropped on the right hand side, i went to a car parh and did some tight circles round and round left and right and it disappeared, my front diff bushes are shot to hell and are being replaced, could the diff bushes have caused this to happen, what are your thoughts.

[@AerialFidelity]

if there is no vibration, do you thing that top bushing is still bad? I have bad u joint's and pancake joint on my front driveline and the shop is telling me that bushing is probably bad but there is no vibration. They think the bushing caused the u joints and the pancake joint to go out. Just trying to decide if I actually need to pull out my diff and change that bushing or if I should just rebuild the driveline and see if it fixes it

[@sharpcarco]

Well with the vehicle on the lift and the foot on the break you should be able to tell if the differential is moving too much. If they are recommending you replace it , hopefully there a good place and not trying to sell your parts you don’t need. Just like anything you could get a second opinion. I was just saying in the video that the vibration is a symptom. I would suppose it’s possible that it would not have that symptom. Wish I could be more definitive for you but hopefully that helps you make an informed decision

[@AerialFidelity]

@@sharpcarco thanks for the response. I think the shop is probably the most honest shop I've ever done business with. Still I can't afford to pay them to do the work so your reply will help me in diagnosing the bushing myself. Thanks again!

[@johndeloach503]

How can I replaced a stripted 8mm bolt

[@TheJoeyvd]

hi..I have to do the same job on my 06 Jeep GC same bushings . if everything comes ok a long does it takes to do this?

[@sharpcarco]

I was pretty certain I said in my video but in your driveway it will probably take you the better part of the day

[@austinangelford9326]

ALSO me and my family is from michigan. I live in TN currently but my grandma moved back to Michigan to live with her daughter and her granddaughter blew her motor in her car and I was wanting to know prices from you so I could help her in any possible way

[@sharpcarco]

I just left you a message on your other post. As well that is also very thoughtful of you and I love going to Tennessee I’m actually going to go there in a couple of weeks I believe after Virus passes You or her can look me up on Clays Ac and Auto Repair on Facebook messenger and I can get you some price quotes

[@davidwittenburg8136]

Hi Clay I need to know how to replace the bushings on the front differential.

[@davidwittenburg8136]

Thank you God bless

[@sharpcarco]

If they are bad I would certainly replace them sorry about not seeing your message sooner David God bless you as well brother

[@baracuda0728]

will this cause to have a loud humming sound when driving at 50 to 60 miles per hour?

[@sharpcarco]

Hey Marcos yes it could but that’s probably also a sign that something else is wrong in the driveline like a bad you joint or something like that this may have caused that other problem

[@sharpcarco]

Oh also I should point out it could possibly be just a bad wheel bearing that is very common on these

[@Roguepandas12]

How different is this from the rear? Went to see a mechanic and he said they would have to replace the entire differential to replace the rear bushings as he couldn't get them without the assembly and quoted 1200 just for the parts.

[@sharpcarco]

Well I would highly recommend getting one of them from a junkyard, used they’re not that expensive. That will save you hundreds of dollars actually the rear differential. In a lot of ways is simpler than the front one.

[@christophersautter1595]

What was the total time taken on this, beginning to complete reassembling?

[@sharpcarco]

I could get a front differential out in about 30 minutes but I think average would be approximately an hour and a half to two hours for most people and I’m sure once someone got it out that has never done it before could get it in much quicker it’s actually a very simple front differential to remove. The bushing on the other hand can be a real pain in the butt if you’re doing the bushing. And that just takes patience and ingenuity I hope that reply is helpful for you good luck let me know if you need any help have a great day god bless

[@tedyfanita1]

i just replace bushings without taking out the differential, you can spin it in the spot.

[@sharpcarco]

Very interesting I will give that a try the next time I do it I suppose it would be possible 🤔 Sometimes when I make KZbin videos I go by the book and sometimes I wing it and in this situation I believe I went by the book

[@tedyfanita1]

@@sharpcarco kzbin.info/www/bejne/q5u7aXVjat-ob5Y

[@taizosemase2829]

how did you do it.

[@tedyfanita1]

@@taizosemase2829remove the bolts i belive are 3 of them that hold that differential ,spin it around, if you have a lift on your suspension put pressure on right side well upwards

[@taizosemase2829]

@@tedyfanita1 ,do you have it on youtube channel

[@elig1698]

Where did u get the bushing from?

[@sharpcarco]

I got them from the local parts store I think I left the part number at the end of the video and I’m sure you can get it anywhere

[@UnyieldingRider]

So uh.... How much did you charge for the labor on this job?

[@sharpcarco]

I want to say about $300

[@cameronk6621]

You do not have to pull the axle shafts out and go through that trouble just pull the drive shaft all the mounts and carefully lower it with a jack the top mount should drop to the ground where you can then hammer the old one out and press the new ones in way easier than pulling it all the way out

[@sharpcarco]

That may be true. But I certainly did it for reason I just can’t remember why but I guess whatever works works

[@r.seaboats6666]

@@sharpcarco I'm about to do this job at home, so I could just pull the 3 bushings and drop it down enough?

[@sharpcarco]

Hey good afternoon there was a guy who said that he just lowered his down and knocked the bushing out without removing the hole differential if you end up going that direction let me know then I will certainly pass that information on to future folks

[@r.seaboats6666]

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[@wiley0714]

7:30 no one.who is a professional, let's a brake caliper dangle from the brake line.

[@sharpcarco]

Never said I was a professional but thank you for pointing that out.

[@rubdirtonit6734]

What could you expect to pay to have someone do this for you?

[@sharpcarco]

That is very tough to say I would probably charge about $300 to do this job but I’m a little bit cheaper than most shops

[@JorgeSantos-ox3vs]

complete waste of time just to change diff bushing on a hoist . try removing diff mounts spin diff where driveshaft youke is facing front and then replace bushing !

[@sharpcarco]

Well, why did you watch the video? Seems like a perfectly reasonable possible way of doing it but I did it much differently the second time I did it and do them much differently now but apparently you’re much more informed than I am so no sense in wasting my time explaining things to you because you know exactly what to do.!!