hscrugby
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- Mar 22, 2005
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- Raleigh, NC
OK I've done something weird.
About a year ago I managed to snap on of the pins on my front swaybar disconnects. (TJ) I have th el cheapo type with the the pin at the top and bottom. You can kind of see them in this picture:
I replaced that one with a "custom" made pin. (Same size pin, good metal used a drill press at work to drill the hole for a cotter pin to go through and keep it from sliding out)
Worked fine. All of them stayed straight, until yesterday, making the turn into my neighborhood, heard a "Pop" and felt real loose. So I figured same thing.
Well when I looked one was snapped, but the other three are bent to hell.
I'm guessing it's just fatigue and they all eventually bent?
I don't have any death wobble issues or anything else (Other than feeling like a water tower going around turns now)
I didn't see anything loose underneath either. But it seems weird that a month ago all 4 were fine, (I disconnected at my dad's house to play around) and now 3 are bent to hell and 1 snapped. I took them all out but it required a sledge, a lot of bending and more cursing than normal.
Anyone got any ideas of something I should check for other than just replacing the pins? I'm baffled as to what caused it. (But that's kind of like saying the blind guy couldn't see the picture)
About a year ago I managed to snap on of the pins on my front swaybar disconnects. (TJ) I have th el cheapo type with the the pin at the top and bottom. You can kind of see them in this picture:
I replaced that one with a "custom" made pin. (Same size pin, good metal used a drill press at work to drill the hole for a cotter pin to go through and keep it from sliding out)
Worked fine. All of them stayed straight, until yesterday, making the turn into my neighborhood, heard a "Pop" and felt real loose. So I figured same thing.
Well when I looked one was snapped, but the other three are bent to hell.
I'm guessing it's just fatigue and they all eventually bent?
I don't have any death wobble issues or anything else (Other than feeling like a water tower going around turns now)
I didn't see anything loose underneath either. But it seems weird that a month ago all 4 were fine, (I disconnected at my dad's house to play around) and now 3 are bent to hell and 1 snapped. I took them all out but it required a sledge, a lot of bending and more cursing than normal.
Anyone got any ideas of something I should check for other than just replacing the pins? I'm baffled as to what caused it. (But that's kind of like saying the blind guy couldn't see the picture)
