How in the *%@ do I get to the nuts at the rear of the front upper A-arms? I can get a socket/wrench/crow's foot onto the nut on either side, but don't have enough room to turn them.. On the drivers side the mass that is the ABS unit is in the way; I've tried pulling some of the lines loose from their clips and unbolting the bracket that holds the ABS unit in place, but it doesn't seem to have enough "give" to shift it enough to make any difference. On the passengers side I don't seem to have enough room between the shock tower and a stud on the exhaust manifold... I recently had a Franky installed; I was able to loosen and retorque the front upper A-arm bolts, with the weight of my Libby on the wheels. I know that the bushings on the rear of both of my upper A-arms are now preloaded; I'm trying to alleviate that. I get a rather pronounced single pop when turning in either direction; it doesn't sound like any CV joint noise that I've ever heard...Hoping that's not what I'm hearing now. It was recommended that I try tightening the sway bar end links, and the upper A-arms about a sixteenth of a turn past the torque spec. I tightened the sway bar end links, probably an eighth of a turn past torque spec and the front nut and bolt on the upper A-arm, about a sixteenth past torque spec, but I can't get to the rear nut on the upper A-arms... I will eventually be swapping to some upper arms from Al's, and I know that the trick for easier access to the nuts at the rear of the upper A-arm is to reverse the direction that the flag bolt goes through the upper A-arms, but first I have to be able to access the rear upper A-arm nuts...
Sorry for being long winded; I'm trying to rule out any obvious reasons for this pop I'm gettin' and I want to be as explainatory as possible in helping others help me out!! Any recomendations and or advice would be greatly appreciated...

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Black '05 Renegade. Front suspension: Frankenlift, Moog HD LBJ's, Audiboy cut CV's
Rear suspension: OME 948's, 2 extra upper ISO's, Rancho RS 5000 shocks.
31X10.50X15 Duratrac's/ProComp 152's
ARB bumper, Mopar skids, JCR stage III's, Reese hitch with tractor lights, Champion shackle insert, "homebrew" on board air, 1000 watt inverter

Extensions and swivels is all you need, just have enough to be able to put a rachet on up near the radiator.

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MUDD'S MOTORSPORT'S We do IFS lift installs ,
03 OVERLAND EDITION /Kilby-Skidrow-Mopar-4XGuard skids/ 2.5 inch TOTAL CONTROL JBA coilovers -JBA Arms/MOABS-31 FALKEN WILDPEAK AT3W / 4.10's etc, 04 Kilimanjaro Edition loaded, plus 05 KJ limited

Yeah enough extensions to put the wrench between the fan and belt and you have to have a swivel and deep well socket. Mine had to have a breaker bar used to bust them. After that a normal 3/8in ratchet was fine.

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Fran:2002 Jeep Grand Cherokee Limited 4.7 quadra drive. 31in General Grabber AT2, OME HD, bilstein, IRO sway links, addco rear sway. Kolak 3in cat back flowmaster SUV 50, magnaflow 3in cat, airaid JR kit, ram air, P.I.E. aux adapter, surco 45x50, husky liners.http://www.lostjeeps.com/forum/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=65276&p=719908#p719908

just did mine,very easy,use alot of extensions and a breaker bar!!got both arms from al and i love them know time for a alingment

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05-libby-ome lift-medium-1/4-clevis-AT firestones-modifed air box!!

Thanks! I was able to get a 18mm deep well in there with a swivel and two extensions!

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Black '05 Renegade. Front suspension: Frankenlift, Moog HD LBJ's, Audiboy cut CV's
Rear suspension: OME 948's, 2 extra upper ISO's, Rancho RS 5000 shocks.
31X10.50X15 Duratrac's/ProComp 152's
ARB bumper, Mopar skids, JCR stage III's, Reese hitch with tractor lights, Champion shackle insert, "homebrew" on board air, 1000 watt inverter

Since I'll soon be putting JBA UCAs on my '06 4x4 CRD, I've looked around for any posted tips/tricks/etc and found this one. What more can anybody say about the trick of "...reversing the direction that the flag bolt goes through the upper A-arm..."?

Thanks,

Steve

Why would you want to reverse the bolt? Would only make it harder to get to the nut on the rear.

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MUDD'S MOTORSPORT'S We do IFS lift installs ,
03 OVERLAND EDITION /Kilby-Skidrow-Mopar-4XGuard skids/ 2.5 inch TOTAL CONTROL JBA coilovers -JBA Arms/MOABS-31 FALKEN WILDPEAK AT3W / 4.10's etc, 04 Kilimanjaro Edition loaded, plus 05 KJ limited