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Gentlemen and Ladies,
1st, my thanks for all your posts and insight. Just bought my used 2018 XX (480 miles) from a fairly reliable party (I think), who got the machine from a bank repossession auction. The machine appears to be in good shape. The intermediate owner replaced the battery and ignition switch (guess the bank only had one key). After reading the posts here I have completed the following:
changed the oil and filter (2.9 quarts for what that’s worth), changed the fluid in both front and rear transfer cases (rear case drain magnet/plug was fairly gunked up) and blew out the air filter that looked pretty decent, made sure the cover plate on the rear transfer case (drivers side) was installed correctly so as to not rub on the inner CV boot. I’ve had it out in the neighborhood a few times and through the local ditches and can already tell that I’ll need the updated front sway bar. I’m about to take the machine to Colorado for a few days and was wondering if anyone has some other pre-trip things I should inspect? Been reading about a lot of axle issues but not sure if that’s a real problem or just to much negative press on relatively isolated incidents. Thanks again to everyone for sharing your information, sure has made my initial maintenance efforts less stressful.
1st, my thanks for all your posts and insight. Just bought my used 2018 XX (480 miles) from a fairly reliable party (I think), who got the machine from a bank repossession auction. The machine appears to be in good shape. The intermediate owner replaced the battery and ignition switch (guess the bank only had one key). After reading the posts here I have completed the following:
changed the oil and filter (2.9 quarts for what that’s worth), changed the fluid in both front and rear transfer cases (rear case drain magnet/plug was fairly gunked up) and blew out the air filter that looked pretty decent, made sure the cover plate on the rear transfer case (drivers side) was installed correctly so as to not rub on the inner CV boot. I’ve had it out in the neighborhood a few times and through the local ditches and can already tell that I’ll need the updated front sway bar. I’m about to take the machine to Colorado for a few days and was wondering if anyone has some other pre-trip things I should inspect? Been reading about a lot of axle issues but not sure if that’s a real problem or just to much negative press on relatively isolated incidents. Thanks again to everyone for sharing your information, sure has made my initial maintenance efforts less stressful.