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yay! the jeep drives ... kind of .... but not really
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:45 pm
by jonesy
so i spent all day fixing the ssteering issues that rendered the jeep undirveable ....
finally got it back on the road at about 930 ...
made it up to 30 mph, about 200 ft from my house .... and all hell breaks loose. the worst death wobble in history seems to have bitten me right in the ass (although its more up to down than side to side .... so i wonder if it doesnt have something to do with the missing upper control arm :o )
so it seems like im going to be doing a back yard alignment tomorrow and the weldding on a new UCA mount to try to fix this
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:47 pm
by TerryD
damn man......that sucks....
Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2007 11:55 pm
by Steinberg
so it's more of a... "death-bobble"?
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:11 am
by jonesy
Steinberg wrote:so it's more of a... "death-bobble"?
more of a "oh holy shit im going to die - bobble"
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:18 am
by BlueDodgeRam
the insurance wont pay for that to be fixed? as in actually driveable? or is it b/c of the axle that you bought
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:41 am
by jonesy
BlueDodgeRam wrote:the insurance wont pay for that to be fixed? as in actually driveable? or is it b/c of the axle that you bought
it has nothing to do with the wreck ... its the half-assed setup on the axle that is the problem
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:44 am
by BlueDodgeRam
oh.......
pictures?
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 12:46 am
by jonesy
BlueDodgeRam wrote:oh.......
pictures?
pictures dont do it justice .... plus its kind of hard to take pics of broken welds and missing mounts at 1 in the morning
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 8:13 am
by Dieselram
yes.. it is because of the missing link, and shitty welds, it is binding up, that is what causes up and down movement
Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 1:11 pm
by jonesy
Dieselram wrote:yes.. it is because of the missing link, and shitty welds, it is binding up, that is what causes up and down movement
i love men.
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:38 am
by Steinberg
Is it fixed yet?
It might not be a bad idea to just rip that axle back out of there and redo all the bracketry for the heep 4-link now. It could be done in a day maybe.
what are your plans for the driverside UCA mount?
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 1:36 pm
by jonesy
Steinberg wrote:Is it fixed yet?
It might not be a bad idea to just rip that axle back out of there and redo all the bracketry for the heep 4-link now. It could be done in a day maybe.
what are your plans for the driverside UCA mount?
well ... the thing is ... i cant afford the rental car any longer .... so it has to be driveable today .... and when i 4 link it, im going to do a 1" bl, 1" MML , flat skid, and coilovers .... and im broke ... so its gonna have to wait 1) until this summer 2) until i get a loan to do it :o
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 7:31 pm
by Steinberg
that's why i say fix it with the factory suspension. you have most all of what you need already to go that route. putting the uca mount on the diff will be the trickiest part I'd think, and that shouldn't be too bad to work out.
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:30 pm
by jonesy
Steinberg wrote:that's why i say fix it with the factory suspension. you have most all of what you need already to go that route. putting the uca mount on the diff will be the trickiest part I'd think, and that shouldn't be too bad to work out.
thats what i plan on doing ATM ... but if it doesnt work, them im going with a overhaul on the suspension...
but i cant fix it with the factory parts until i get the old axle from the body shop :o
Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2007 11:45 pm
by Steinberg
I told you we coulda tossed it in the mounty jackass! I'm guessing the shop is closed for the weekend?