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Old 01-16-2012, 09:36 PM
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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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Give us more info on lift and specs.
Can u weld?? Or have access to a friend that can?
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Originally Posted by Gatchmo5710
Give us more info on lift and specs.
Can u weld?? Or have access to a friend that can?
ok the jeep is a 92
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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ok got some pics ,didnt get to put it on the lift today ,they were full.so the pics arent that great will get better ones .Name:  P1011006.jpg
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*sniff, sniff*

I smell an upgrade......
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you are missing a bracket on the back there.
look at rough country ca drop brackets
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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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Originally Posted by SeriousOffroad
*sniff, sniff*

I smell an upgrade......

go to this guys website and buy his long arms. problems solved and you got a huge upgrade.
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Originally Posted by Bossokee
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
yeah thats what im going to have to do
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Originally Posted by Gatchmo5710
go to this guys website and buy his long arms. problems solved and you got a huge upgrade.
i wish i dont have the money for that right now maybe once im done school ....
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what do u guys think the chances of the frame being tweaked ?
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Originally Posted by jacob.
what do u guys think the chances of the frame being tweaked ?
maybe, but with LA's or welding the factory bracket back, it should be fine. For a budget fix, can you get rid of the drop brackets?
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maybe, but with LA's or welding the factory bracket back, it should be fine. For a budget fix, can you get rid of the drop brackets?
yeah i could but i would need to get adjustable control arms right
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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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