do i need a new front end? PLease help! im new at jeeps
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do i need a new front end? PLease help! im new at jeeps
Hello, a few weeks back i eneded up in a ditch, slowly getting stuck trying to pull out of it, going about 35 mph, i hit a cement wall that was in the ditch. busted my aluminum rim, whiped lower control arm bracket off the front end, and moved everything. The front end on the side i hit (passenger) is shoved back towards the fender about 2 inches, causing the other side to be all out of whack as well. i refabbed a lower mount and hooked it all back up. the fron end is not only back, on the one side, but completely shifted over so tht the whell sticks out like 2 inches on on side and is tucked in on the other. what could all be messed up? i beleive for sure all the control arms being replaced should correct the alighnment, but the tire that hit the wall now as a crazy leaning camber, like you would see on a ricer or something. would that be the fron end itself is bent? where the knuckle bolts on? or is it a bolt on part that can be fixed? any help would be greatly appreciated. thanks
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Agree on the axle being bent. Also look carefully at your track bar and mount as well-that will keep your axle sticking out to one side-the control arms and axle don't inflence that much.
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