bent control arm bracket
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bent control arm bracket
so went down to the local mud flats for the first snow fall to do some wheeling , any ways slide into v notch (didnt see cuz of the snow )and bent my control arm bracket on the chassis ,it pushed the axle to the left about and inch or two , and one of the brackets ripped away from the from the frame rail a bit ,im guessing i should take it to a frame shop...any ideas
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That sucks. I don't have a lot of advice for this. You will have to reinforce the frame and then rebuild the trac bar mount. Picts may help.
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it has a 4 inch lift on 33 now i got it like this and it seems to be one the cheaper way unfortunately ,stock control arms and has these brackets that fit inside the brackets to change the angle and lower the control arm .i can weld not that good though but i have a freind that works at a metal fab shop
will add pics tomorrow when i though it on the lift at school
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Looks like a poorly designed drop bracket that put too much leverage on the area that broke (stock bracket). Weld that **** up and put some kind of gusset/truss behind it for more strength
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so after a few weeks i got the mount fixed ,tried the port o power but it didnt cut it ,had to use my buddys frame /dent puller ,it did the trick.installed a adjustable track bar .got rid of those ****ty drop brackets and got adjustable control arm arms .time to go wheeling
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