5rebel9 Posted June 3 Report Share Posted June 3 Yes, I've bragged of having 3 DJ's in my stable to care for.....BUT The '11 with 245k miles still has original full exhaust system The '13 with 160k miles has it's original full system The newest year '14 with 188k miles had the flex pipe open up and gosh can it get loud! Ordered a Walker pipe from rockauto today at total cost{tax&shipping} for $153.US. Almost HALF the price local parts stores want, and a LOT LESS than DEALER PART! Not the easiest access to replace , so my friend has agreed to do the labor in his shop when the pipe arrives. STILL liking these cars all the same!!!! 2late4u 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John/Horace Posted June 4 Report Share Posted June 4 We are both in the rust belt. Similar miles to yours and our flange bolts have disintegrated. Had to add split flanges to two of the connections before they separated. The flex will probably go next year. Walker stuff is not bad aftermarket. Hate working with exhaust without a hoist. The heat shields have all had extra screws added to them by now. Those are easy fixes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5rebel9 Posted June 4 Author Report Share Posted June 4 9 minutes ago, John/Horace said: We are both in the rust belt. Similar miles to yours and our flange bolts have disintegrated. Had to add split flanges to two of the connections before they separated. The flex will probably go next year. Walker stuff is not bad aftermarket. Hate working with exhaust without a hoist. The heat shields have all had extra screws added to them by now. Those are easy fixes. YUP! There ARE times that I WISH we could move to a more FAVORABLE climate region....My dream is North Carolina, but WIFE won't leave NY. And other areas DO have their own drawbacks, so I guess I will just keep battling the "RUST GREMLINS" of the region! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5rebel9 Posted June 6 Author Report Share Posted June 6 Well... I now have back a NICELY QUIET running DJ. Pipe was delivered Tuesday afternoon and installed Wednesday morning at the cost of a dozen doughnuts and $50.00 Getting to the connection of that pipe to the "Y" pipe on an AWD is NOT EASY. The car brought onto his hoist after mine was done was a FWD 3.6 DJ and there was a LOT MORE room to get to that fitting. Now to get rear rotors and pads done on it {I'm doing that job tomorrow} and EVENTUALLY getting the RF TPMS replaced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5rebel9 Posted June 7 Author Report Share Posted June 7 14 hours ago, 5rebel9 said: Well... I now have back a NICELY QUIET running DJ. Pipe was delivered Tuesday afternoon and installed Wednesday morning at the cost of a dozen doughnuts and $50.00 Getting to the connection of that pipe to the "Y" pipe on an AWD is NOT EASY. The car brought onto his hoist after mine was done was a FWD 3.6 DJ and there was a LOT MORE room to get to that fitting. Now to get rear rotors and pads done on it {I'm doing that job tomorrow} and EVENTUALLY getting the RF TPMS replaced. True to my word, I've got the rears all disassembled and cleaned and lubed with new rear pads, just waiting on FEDEX to deliver the new rotors to put it all back together again. Caliper pistons retracted very nicely with quality tool and not that stupid "universal cube". And only the lower passenger side pin was stuck, PB Blaster and persuasion with a pipe wrench turned the pin out with not too much trouble! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5rebel9 Posted June 7 Author Report Share Posted June 7 43 minutes ago, 5rebel9 said: True to my word, I've got the rears all disassembled and cleaned and lubed with new rear pads, just waiting on FEDEX to deliver the new rotors to put it all back together again. Caliper pistons retracted very nicely with quality tool and not that stupid "universal cube". And only the lower passenger side pin was stuck, PB Blaster and persuasion with a pipe wrench turned the pin out with not too much trouble! WELLLL????? FEDEX delivered the rotors 15 minutes ago.....BUT the LIGHT rains predicted have turned out to be POURING rain, and I'm working outside! Got to wait for "Mother Nature" to finish SOBBING, that or take my bar of DIAL SOAP outside with me and kill two birds with one stone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5rebel9 Posted June 7 Author Report Share Posted June 7 5 hours ago, 5rebel9 said: WELLLL????? FEDEX delivered the rotors 15 minutes ago.....BUT the LIGHT rains predicted have turned out to be POURING rain, and I'm working outside! Got to wait for "Mother Nature" to finish SOBBING, that or take my bar of DIAL SOAP outside with me and kill two birds with one stone! The rains let up and just "misted", so went out and put it all back together. WORKING NICE ! Now for a nice HOT SHOWER to clean myself up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John/Horace Posted June 9 Report Share Posted June 9 The new TPMS sensors I have used are the preprogrammed Dorman and the cheapest one on RockA, Schrader I think $30 Cdn $. Both came up after 10 mins driving over 30 mph. Winter tire rims I don’t bother, too pricy and tires are old. With my bead breaker I can just change them out without removing tire. A metal special tire wedge and a 2x4 gives me enough gap. Wheel weights marked to keep spot, so no balancing. Heavy soap mix solution or bead glide to help seat side wall. Yup..I am cheap. Need to keep an eye on the rear caliper parking brake mechanism. On both our journeys they started to hang up and not retract completely. Was able to free them up once or twice for a few months. Eventually replaced both on the 2014. The 2012 has one that still drags, haven’t done it yet. Can tap it back to full retracted position easily with a small hammer without jacking up car. If you use them all the time I don’t think this issue comes up. It’s seizing from sporadic use. I put larger retracting springs on one caliper and have 2 extra years without hanging up. Maybe another salt belt issue, no else mentions this issue on the site mmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5rebel9 Posted June 9 Author Report Share Posted June 9 @John/Horace, Parking brake levers are working just fine on both the "big brake" '13 and '14 Journeys. I do think the '11 "small brake" rear calipers are more susceptible to that problem, but last summer I put reman calipers on it and told my son to USE THE PARKING BRAKE REGULARLY. My guy will do the tire sensor for $40. and I don't have to "fuss" with it. Just a matter of convenient TIME for BOTH of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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