i am about to buy a 1998 cherokee sport lifted of 33s but and it looks like a steal but there is one thing that is worrying me... on the passenger side where the spring seats on the front axle it is a little bent i am wondering how hard it is to replace it or if i should worry about it at all???? please repost ASAP goin to buy it tomrrow if its nothing to worry about....
thank you,
sean oler

 

I wouldn't worry to much about that.
I would take it on the roughest road you can find at speed to look for death wobble.
I would also talk to the seller and ask about the lift and the shocks used.
If they say they used the stock shocks, knock cash off the price because your going to replace them asap. They'll be fully extended and worthless.
Also lay under it and grab the trak-bar on the front end and make sure its tight.
Also since its lifted and easy to get under check the drive shafts for slop, and the slip joint on the front for any movement, can you turn one end of the shaft and feel it not move the other end? If so on the front shaft plan on rebuilding/replacing the shaft.

Just a few things to check on a lifted XJ.