Bent Axle Sway Bar Mount? Pics
07-17-2014, 05:49 PM
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I have this same problem except my tab was bent way worse. My 2.5" RK Max Travel looks like it over extended and ended up flipping the swaybar. I have to take it apart tonight and hope I can bend it back close to stock (I'm not sure how i'm going to be able to do that to 3/8" steel... 
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07-17-2014, 06:01 PM
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I have this same problem except my tab was bent way worse. My 2.5" RK Max Travel looks like it over extended and ended up flipping the swaybar. I have to take it apart tonight and hope I can bend it back close to stock (I'm not sure how i'm going to be able to do that to 3/8" steel... <img src="https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=565796"/><img src="https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=565797"/><img src="https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=565798"/>
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07-17-2014, 06:06 PM
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Damn son! This is exactly what I'm worried about happening.... What was your sway bar angle prior to this happening? 0 degrees, 5 degrees etc? You think your links were too long? Hope you can salvage that tab and dont have to cut and reweld...... I have the AEV 2.5 and really hope this doesn't happen....... I really just want to know what is causing this bending issue (short of it coming from the factory as some have mentioned) I believe mine was straight from factory
07-17-2014, 06:58 PM
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^^^^this exactly. With long travel suspension you need to run the sway bar at a positive angle. Otherwise, you'll flip the sway bar and that's bad news. Don't fear the long link.
07-18-2014, 10:04 AM
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Damn son! This is exactly what I'm worried about happening.... What was your sway bar angle prior to this happening? 0 degrees, 5 degrees etc? You think your links were too long? Hope you can salvage that tab and dont have to cut and reweld...... I have the AEV 2.5 and really hope this doesn't happen....... I really just want to know what is causing this bending issue (short of it coming from the factory as some have mentioned) I believe mine was straight from factory
07-18-2014, 12:12 PM
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Mine were definitely sitting at a negative angle. I don't have any shots of it on level ground...
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07-21-2014, 07:12 AM
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07-21-2014, 09:51 AM
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Damn. Good job. I did the same thing to my passenger side tab last month. There wasn't much room to work so I attached a giant HF crescent wrench to it and banged away on the wrench with a 4 lb BFH. All straight now.