Re connecting 4wd linkage

[LittleD]

So on my buddies zj, it grinds when trying to go into 4low, and then grinds going back into 4 hi full time, but when you slam it back as hard as you can it ingages 4low. So my friend andy said to loosen the nut on the shift lingage and i could have swore he said to pop the little gromet that goes from the linkage to the unibody bracket. I took it off, didn't really know how i was gonna finagel this one..... And i can't get the gromet to pop back into the bracket. Tried using a prybar and even channel locks but i can only get like half the gromet to seat.

Any thing im not doing right? i got scared shitless when he went to leave and it didn't move, then realized the tcase was in neutral.

[WickedXJ]

http://sisoffroad.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2447
about halfway down on page 1
Thinking of the same thing for my jeep too as it had the same problem.

[LittleD]

forgot to mention this is on a zj. sorry that wont work but im trying to keep it as stock as possible.

[WickedXJ]

Sorry I saw ZJ but my friends is ZJ is the same as my XJ so I just assumed

[LittleD]

Actually that would work, but i don't wanna have to configure something like that.

[LittleD]

So what im going to look into more is, cutting off that gromet, welding a bolt to where it used to go on the adjustment piece, the using a nut on the inner side towards the unibody and using a nut to hold it on.


Would this be a smart choice or not?