what ya think??
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MJ>XJ
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From: Griffin, G.A.
Year: 1990
Model: Comanche
Engine: 4.0 I6
what ya think??
i wrote alittle about this in another thread i had going but figured id make one since someone mentioned they have seen this before... guy who had my jeep before loaded a trailer down wwaaayyy to much and had to get on the brakes... folded the unibody... any ideas on a easy fix? it ends up being forward of the rear bracket for the leaf... so playing and crawling i would thing over time it would get worse... right now i ride straight and true down the road... this came up in a thread i started about a coil conversion mainly because this would mean jack if i did... but getting ideas here... thanks and heres some pics!!
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From: Nashville TN
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Make friends with a body shop dude... make sure he has a frame machine before you start buying him beer and hookers.
A frame machine would fix that in short-order.
Then plate it.
A frame machine would fix that in short-order.
Then plate it.
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MJ>XJ
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From: Griffin, G.A.
Year: 1990
Model: Comanche
Engine: 4.0 I6
dang... actually i know a guy who has a frame machine he enherited from his dads body shop when he died... its just sitting in his garage... wonder if he knows how to use it... lol... maybe i should just beat the floor where it pushed it up with a sledge... lol...
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MJ>XJ
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From: Griffin, G.A.
Year: 1990
Model: Comanche
Engine: 4.0 I6
aahh... gotchya... i dont think a come along will work... cause its gotta get pulled up... and i stick a jack under the hitch and it lifts the whole truck before bending the frame back... it tweaked everything... even above the rear wheels is bent alittle on both sides of the body... has alittle roll to it... its actually still pretty strong...
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From: Paso Robles Ca
Year: 1991
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
well if you have a good concrete slab
use two red-heads to bolt a chain to the slab under each side
attach the chains to the bolts on the frame that is the farthest forward
as little slack as possible
insert hitch and jack up with a good hydraulic jack
it will bend it back strait then reinforce the part that was kinked
use two red-heads to bolt a chain to the slab under each side
attach the chains to the bolts on the frame that is the farthest forward
as little slack as possible
insert hitch and jack up with a good hydraulic jack
it will bend it back strait then reinforce the part that was kinked