Jeep Fails
- Thread starter Serbonze
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Jeepaholic
TJ Enthusiast
Jeeps don't fail, sometimes their drivers do though....
VirtualRussel
TJ Enthusiast
Allright . . . I'll self-admit . . . This is why you don't run hyper-shackles. At least it got me sort-of on the cover of a 4WD Parts magazine cover.
Silly goose, those shackles are just for looks! Any JK owner knows this!
I shoulda known that. (Slaps head) Wait until you see pictures of the wife's new wheels and tires. Bling! I swear there's something about JKU's that interferes with rational thought. Well, at least all the tech specs are correct.
If they're like 90% of the shackles I've tried to open to actually use on the trail, the shackle pin was screwed in so tight and/or corroded in place from lack of use that they couldn't open the shackle up to attach the tow strap to. Which is one reason I tell people to not store their shackles permanently on their bumpers... despite how cool some think it looks.
Yup, here's my solution -
Made a lot of those in the shipyard. Very cool and useful tool.
A fid, a crescent wrench and a little welding and you had a very useful tool.
Which reminds me...I need one for the TJ.
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Cal-Hawk...8609&wl11=online&wl12=926760312&wl13=&veh=sem
$23 bucks. All the milwrights I work with use adjustable wrenches with spuds. Very handy alignment tool.
I made three different sizes. Sure beats loosing a finger trying to align something up. Pry around with one of those things and then pop a bolt in an adjacent hole. Repeat as necessary. Busting shackles loose. Adjusting jack screws to align plate. Lots of uses. And you could carry one in a loop on your belt.
^^^^ The video probably doesn't truly show the steepness but, that was a weird looking roll over. Poor LJ is hammered.
VirtualRussel
TJ Enthusiast
A posting by a friend of a friend of a friend of his but priceless nonetheless. They had a lot of snow up near Tahoe this year.
