I'll add my own. My BJ8's front left wheel had been crunched by a PO,
probably by a curb or parking stop. I'd always known that the the A-arm
brackets were bent back a little, but saw no other damage and it drove fine.
I was underneath the other day and happened to notice that the welds on
the inside (engine side) of the rear bracket were slightly torn towards
the bottom of the bracket. The adjoining chassis metal was also torn
and I saw one small crack. At first I thought that the fairly recent
addition of a larger sway bar had exacerbated the original damage, but
when I looked closely the injury looked to be older (but it's sill
possible the larger sway bar contributed). I re-welded the bracket to
the frame. It looks to be a good repair, but I'll keep my eye on it.
In addition, I've had to weld up cracks on the shock tower mounts--these
are fairly common from what I hear.
These accounts suggest we should get under our cars--preferably on a
rack--and inspect the chassis closely. That's why I started this
thread--to hear what other owners have encountered so we know where to look.
So far:
- shock tower mounts
- A-arm brackets
- chassis rail behind shock tower (but could be anywhere)
bs
Alan Seigrist wrote:
> I nearly had my BJ8 chassis collapse on me when I hit a very severe
> dip in the road which created a crack on the rail just behind the
> shock tower...
> It was welded up and has been fine since, The guy was a good welder.
>
> Alan
>
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