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Old 07-03-2010, 11:02 PM
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so I was driving out to the fair grounds tonight for the fireworks and one of my buddies in the car in front of me calls me up and says my jeep is sagging to the right. so i get out and look, and my front drivers side is sprung in the air and the rear is sagging down waaay low. i look and the ends of the leaf is below my axle. the lift is just over a year old and im hoping rough country will replace it for free. has this happened to anyone after a short time of having their lift?
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was it a full leaf pack or add a leaf? lift blocks or no?
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full leaf pack and shackles. i HATE blocks.
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wow... pics?
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i dont have a camera at the moment. but when i run out to my parents place tomorrow, ill attempt to get some up.
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i guess my real question is, are rough country's products really this bad? or did i just get unlucky? i dont go wheeling all that often, maybe twice every 2 weeks.
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sounds like you got unlucky... i ran RC 3" packs for a few years i never had any problems with them
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im using rc 4.5 inch and never had this problem, had it for 3 years
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Thats strange. I know people say bad things about rc but wow. X2 on the pics.
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yea ill get the pics on as soon as i borrow a camera, but yea i thought i might add i had 2 people in the jeep at the time but still it shouldnt be that bad
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So you think some leaves actually broke? That is strange... I guess it could happen...

Can't wait to see the pics
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ok once i looked at the problem a little closer i saw that the bottom leaf turned a good 1.5" to 2" and the " cracks" that i saw were just shadows playing with my eyes. after i tapped the bottom leaf back into place its still sagging on the one side with a loaded jeep as bad as it was before. sorry for leading you guys in the wrong way with the "cracks" . and with the pictures im still waiting for my brother to send me them but ill get them up as soon as i get them.
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Any reason why it's sagging to the one side?
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yea.. the leaf spring has gone bad
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