Broken front lower control arm mount on axle hoise
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^ get rid of the poly bushings...
cheers,
george.
cheers,
george.
You weren't in any danger as long as the other side was intact. Many people pull one of the bolts offroad, it's known as a 'poor man's three link'. I run full time without the front bolt in the passenger side. Tools R Us built himself custom arms, one of which has no front bolt mount, so technically it's not a radius arm, it's a simple control arm, which I believe is what he was referring to when he said he 'got rid of one of them'.
With one bolt removed, the axle doesn't have torsional force applied when one side is higher than the other. It's counterintuitive, but but there is less stress on the axle tube and mounts, as well as more freedom of motion without the binding. It does handle differently, the side with one bolt tends to dive more on stops. It's a compromise between street and offroad manners.
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Be happy some of us just break the arms
The place i eas thinking of is Moab Power Sports
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When mine went it took a chunk of the axle housing with it and dumped the gear oil. I got rid of the poly bushings and went to caster plates when I repaired it.
My repair can be found here. Broken 80 series radius arm hanger - Rising Sun Member Forums
My repair can be found here. Broken 80 series radius arm hanger - Rising Sun Member Forums
I like this a lot. Can I do something similar by just welding castor correction plates to the outside of the brackets as reinforcement? (then doing the hitch pin mod to keep on-road manners and get more flex offroad?)
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Depends on caster correction and arms, in most cases, with stock arms, the disconnected arm will hit the tie rod bending it.
Yeah, a little more searching on my part and I saw @GW Nugget posts on that. So, I'm guessing more caster correction means more chance of interference? How did you tackle that? (if you don't mind me asking)
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Made arms.
Ah, that makes sense. So, you make them with more bow to them, so you don't get bind on uptravel? Did you have any other interference on down travel?
In addition to Tools R Us's comment, and what you may have found in the other thread, another limitation is the width of the arms, especially the bushing cups. When the axle articulates, the arms are twisted in the mounts, so if you remove a bolt the arm will bend the mounts apart. Tools' arms are narrower, I took a grinder to mine. As with most things, there's a lot going on and changing one aspect tends to have effects in places you may not have expected.
wow that was a real break!! Mine was just breaking away from the axle at the weld line. that broke the bracket in half and tore from the axle!! I agree, get those poly bushings out of there.
IN regards to the outpost, i got really lucky when i was there. Apparently the owner had a "new guy" welding up my exhaust that broke. It took forever and when he rolled the truck around he said "I can't charge you for that ugly weld. It's tight and will hold but it sure is ugly" and he handed me my keys and said have a nice day!
IN regards to the outpost, i got really lucky when i was there. Apparently the owner had a "new guy" welding up my exhaust that broke. It took forever and when he rolled the truck around he said "I can't charge you for that ugly weld. It's tight and will hold but it sure is ugly" and he handed me my keys and said have a nice day!