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Old Sep 25, 2011 | 10:23 PM
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I got stuck in a mud pit today up to my bumper. Had some guy yank me out but it wasn't a very straight pull. He had to gun it pretty hard a couple times before I was free. During the process I bent my draglink. As we were getting ready to leave for home, my sway bar links wouldn't line up. Took alot of prying to hook them up. He pulled from my front hitch, could the frame or something be bent? Any ideas?
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Old Sep 25, 2011 | 10:41 PM
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Old Sep 25, 2011 | 10:42 PM
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jeeps come with sway bars?
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Old Sep 25, 2011 | 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by DaveVmax
jeeps come with sway bars?
:facepalm:
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Old Sep 26, 2011 | 08:06 AM
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a photo my friend. i'm picturing a 1000 differnt ways this thing could be bent.
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Old Sep 26, 2011 | 08:40 AM
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Could have tweaked the subframe especially if it was a full-size yanking on you.
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Old Sep 26, 2011 | 03:50 PM
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I'll get a pic up afterwhile. I just spent and hour washin all the stupid mud off. What's the sub-frame? Just the frame rail? And how do you tell if its bent?
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Old Sep 26, 2011 | 03:53 PM
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Originally Posted by Piper645
I'll get a pic up afterwhile. I just spent and hour washin all the stupid mud off. What's the sub-frame? Just the frame rail? And how do you tell if its bent?
Unibody's don't have frame rails.
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Old Sep 26, 2011 | 03:58 PM
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Man that never gets old. What do you call the rails that run the full length of the vehicle?
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Old Sep 26, 2011 | 04:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Piper645
Man that never gets old. What do you call the rails that run the full length of the vehicle?
Im trying to find said rails. Haha. No rails on a unibody, its all one piece of the body. I would call it the sub frame I suppose.
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Old Sep 26, 2011 | 04:11 PM
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Perhaps uni-body rails is more to your liking?
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Old Sep 26, 2011 | 04:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Piper645
Perhaps uni-body rails is more to your liking?
Nahh, because there are no rails.
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Old Sep 26, 2011 | 07:11 PM
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Originally Posted by jmm0122
Nahh, because there are no rails.
Lol whatever you say bud
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Old Sep 26, 2011 | 07:18 PM
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Here are some of the pictures I just took. The sway bar is attached but I had to hammer it on. One of the adjustable sway links is as long as it will go and the other is as short as it would go. But it still took a hammer. Let me know if theres a place you want me to zoom in. The tie-rod is tweaked just enough to throw the tow off 1/8 of an inch.
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Old Sep 26, 2011 | 07:38 PM
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drag link looks maybe bowed a bit but nothing special. were you on unlevel ground when putting the swaybar links on?

try to get a picture that shows the frame so we can see if its straight. You know, the frame rails. Thats right, I said frame rails
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