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jefe_4x4
Apr 10, 2015Explorer
You wouldn't be living very near the ocean, would you? I saw a 2008 Jeep TJ, used as a lifeguard jeep on the beach for sale, for almost nothing. There was no part on it that wasn't corroded beyond use. To me, your plight seems like environmental issues more than anything else. There are anti-corrosion paints and coatings that address those issues.
My 17 year old Happy Jacks are holding up well. A little corrosion on a couple of the inner tubes, the base, but the mechanical parts are O.K. One little deviation: mine are mechanical screw jacks with pinion action screws. Pulling the upper plastic cap cover, I keep lubbing them with a corrosion resistant white lithium grease used in boat trailer axles. So far, so good. When i lived in Long Beach, within a block of the bay, the salt air just ate my old Chevy 2 door.
jefe
My 17 year old Happy Jacks are holding up well. A little corrosion on a couple of the inner tubes, the base, but the mechanical parts are O.K. One little deviation: mine are mechanical screw jacks with pinion action screws. Pulling the upper plastic cap cover, I keep lubbing them with a corrosion resistant white lithium grease used in boat trailer axles. So far, so good. When i lived in Long Beach, within a block of the bay, the salt air just ate my old Chevy 2 door.
jefe
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