one eye Posted February 4, 2005 Share Posted February 4, 2005 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushbasher Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 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?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chef_tim Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one eye Posted February 5, 2005 Author Share Posted February 5, 2005 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one eye Posted February 5, 2005 Author Share Posted February 5, 2005 You think I should weld the blocks on to the "frame rail" Or would that kinda stupid. Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bushbasher Posted February 5, 2005 Share Posted February 5, 2005 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
one eye Posted February 5, 2005 Author Share Posted February 5, 2005 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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