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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 11:21 AM
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Year: 1999
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Oat people have had the luck it just being a loose bolt. Nope not me. I swear I've had the worst luck with this jeep

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See the crack all the way around. O yea. It goes all the way through except for one small piece



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As of now the only thing that hasn't been replaced on this jeep is the rear axle. And transfer case which Is broke and I'm replacing this week
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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 05:44 PM
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Yep seen that before. I had a few in 30 years just like that come into the shop, sometimes it sounds like a rod knock so in a way you could be lucky that its just a cracked flex plate.
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Old Sep 9, 2012 | 07:18 PM
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Thats indeed how they crack
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Old Sep 10, 2012 | 11:02 AM
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I had a cracked flex plate on my CJ7 w/turbo 400. Couldn't find one, so I TIG welded it.. Works fine still.. lol
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