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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 09:52 PM
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My 1990 Cherokee lost both of these, but I am not sure what they are. I believe they are the some type of suspension parts, but not sure where they go. I plow snow with the jeep, and after the plow hit a curb I noticed them on the ground. Any Help would assist, so I can replace them. I have attached photos.

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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 09:55 PM
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I don't know that they are off your jeep
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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 09:57 PM
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That looks like a sway bar bushing to me. Maybe used to mount the plow to the frame?
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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 09:59 PM
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Is it rubber? Maybe a bump stop?
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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 10:01 PM
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That looks like a sway bar bushing to me. Maybe used to mount the plow to the frame?
Ahh that may be it. The bushing where the sb mounts to the unibody
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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 10:01 PM
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Have you looked the plow over? They don't really look like they are from your jeep.
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That looks like a funny sway bar bushing it would have to be ripped in half to come out cause the sway bar goes thru the middle of it
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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 10:05 PM
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Maybe the sway bar was removed to mount the plow.
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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 10:05 PM
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The bushing would have to be ripped in half if it was a sway bar bushing
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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 10:05 PM
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might be a broken spring booster or spring helper
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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 10:08 PM
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Their uni body sb bushings are split to get around the bar
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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 10:12 PM
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Thanks for all your ideas. The pieces are Hard Rubber. I checked the sway bar bushings at the frame. They are still in place. The Plow is a Snoway Plow setup. The truck has a 3" Lift kit in it?

1990 2 door XJ

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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 10:14 PM
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Does the plow seem loose or anything? I would check all of its mounting points for starters.
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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 10:19 PM
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Plow appears to be in order, plowed today with it, worked fine. Checked the entire Plow and Frame yesterday, nothing appeared to be amiss. Plow mount is only two months old. Are their frame or bump stops for the suspension travel?

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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 10:24 PM
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The bumpstops are inside the coil springs so they wouldn't fall completely out. Those bushings either go to the plow somewhere or you just stopped on top of them. Haha
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