February 4, 200521 yr I don't know how I did this, but I was out 4wheeling, and I did this kind of a bump up thing in a set of some ruts while I was wheeling last week. I didn't think much of it till the next time I tried to go up another hill, and it felt like the whole front end was falling off and made these terrible sounds, but I couldn't stop where I was so I kept going to the end of the trail. By the time I had got to the end of that run I had torn out 2 of the lift blocks on the passengers side, busted the tranny mounts, broke the tranny cross member in the middle, 1 maybe 2 cv axles, passenger side strut, and motor mounts. The only thing I can figure is the lift blocks must have gotten lose and had a little bit of room to move. After taking a good hit on that side it just ripped them out of the frame (1 " hole where the 17mm bolt used to go) and the under carriage parts. My question is has anyone else ever had any thing like this happen to them, And should I weld the blocks in the front. Jeff
February 5, 200521 yr ouch. I had it happen on my turbo wagon when my ill-designed home-made rear lift ripped out (fixed it with rebar ask me I dare ya!). rust was a factor as well. I've seen pics from someones ru that ripped them out of the front. rust was the main cause if I remember right. See any rust under your car??
February 5, 200521 yr I too lost a block once. The direction do say specifically to go back and retighten all the bolts after driving it a bit. Sucks to break stuff but really bad to break that much stuff. Tim
February 5, 200521 yr Author Thats the weird thing I have no rust on my brat. Its like torn open like a can.I'll have to get some pics, but the front under side of my car is toast. Plus my lift is homemade and I was the cheif engineer in the whole deal that could have something to do with it:grin: Jeff
February 5, 200521 yr Author You think I should weld the blocks on to the "frame rail" Or would that kinda stupid. Jeff
February 5, 200521 yr Thats the weird thing I have no rust on my brat. Its like torn open like a can.I'll have to get some pics, but the front under side of my car is toast. Plus my lift is homemade and I was the cheif engineer in the whole deal that could have something to do with it:grin: Jeff This was a home-made 4" lift? did you do the bolt-through style blocks or ones with seperate hardware for the bottom half?
February 5, 200521 yr Author I used a 4" block 4"x2" and bolted from the bottom and to the top (frame). 2 bolts and 2 nuts for everyone block. Jeff
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