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How many bent front 44's long side tube..

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Old Sep 21, 2009 | 02:27 PM
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So how many people have bent front housings?
Just spoke with the shop doing my gears,sleeves,C braces and they said the front long side already had a slight bend to it. not enough to hurt anything but he wanted to mention it. Also said this is the 2nd low mileage jeep that has been that way. Mine has 4K miles on it. 1500 miles stock 2000 miles on 35's and 500 miles on 37's.
The other one was still stock. He is using a straight edge to check the long side. I asked if the straight edge was bent
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Old Sep 21, 2009 | 02:31 PM
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FYI - There are options to straighten the tubes. You could also add internal or external sleeves.
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Old Sep 21, 2009 | 02:52 PM
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Originally Posted by porters
FYI - There are options to straighten the tubes. You could also add internal or external sleeves.
They are already doing the internal sleeves. The thought of the shop is the tubes are actually bent from the factory. The internal sleeves slid in with no issues, so no big deal. all will be better and stronger now.
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Old Sep 21, 2009 | 02:54 PM
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Question for stangjeeper: Did you ever bottom out your JK?
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Old Sep 21, 2009 | 03:01 PM
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nope. Havent taken it over any sweet jumps either.
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Old Sep 21, 2009 | 07:30 PM
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Buddy of mine up here bent his pretty good. Ripped off the track bar (or control arm, can't recall) bracket too. He was doing some sweet jumps and getting a little too happy with the loud pedal. On 37's and 6.5" of lift, if I recall correctly.
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