thethinginthewoods
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Lake Tapps, WA
First off, sorry for the lack of pics, but my Macbook died and I don't have access to a computer with bluetooth right now to transfer pics from my phone.
I was re-examining the steering on my jeep this afternoon because of a "clunk" I've had in my steering since I blew up my driver's side shaft at the Moon rocks on Saturday at NWFest. I figured it was worn or loose tie-rod ends or ball joints, but everything has been re-torqued and looked ok. My co-worker pointed out as I was cranking lock-to-lock that I was in for a treat.
I have a real nice crack from the side of the "frame" rail near the steering box bolts to the inside where the two pieces of sheetmetal that make up the frame are spot welded together. I've never had any form of brace up there other than the rigid ARB bull bar that holds driver and passenger side frame rails together fairly tight. I was surprised that it held out so well considering I romped on it pretty good up at Evans Creek yesterday!
Long story short, once again this damn Heep is gonna enjoy driveway life for a bit until I can see about getting the JKS steering brace setup and find a shop (ACRO?) to let some sparks fly and get this thing welded up & wheelable again.
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I was re-examining the steering on my jeep this afternoon because of a "clunk" I've had in my steering since I blew up my driver's side shaft at the Moon rocks on Saturday at NWFest. I figured it was worn or loose tie-rod ends or ball joints, but everything has been re-torqued and looked ok. My co-worker pointed out as I was cranking lock-to-lock that I was in for a treat.
I have a real nice crack from the side of the "frame" rail near the steering box bolts to the inside where the two pieces of sheetmetal that make up the frame are spot welded together. I've never had any form of brace up there other than the rigid ARB bull bar that holds driver and passenger side frame rails together fairly tight. I was surprised that it held out so well considering I romped on it pretty good up at Evans Creek yesterday!
Long story short, once again this damn Heep is gonna enjoy driveway life for a bit until I can see about getting the JKS steering brace setup and find a shop (ACRO?) to let some sparks fly and get this thing welded up & wheelable again.
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