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Old May 15, 2007
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Anyone had body lift problems?

I don't know if any of you guys had body lift problems, but I think I was banned when this happened. Can anyone guess what happened?


By the way, this picture is me right before of a major 65 mph highway. (PS: this picture is like 8 months old or something)

 
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Old May 15, 2007
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You felt like rompin the curb?
 
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Old May 15, 2007
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You felt like rompin the curb?
hahahaha
 
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I romped that lil bolt that holds my steering shaft together, it fell out, i went straight onto the curb and stopped there. Walked home, got some tools, I live across from home depot so I picked up lotsa random bolts and then I built her stronger and better
 
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Old May 15, 2007
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You all most rear ended that car..and nailed the curb insted..?
 
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thread lock is your friend
 
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damn that sucks.. on a side note, the alaskan is still kickin eh? lol
 
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Originally Posted by bwester04
damn that sucks.. on a side note, the alaskan is still kickin eh? lol

I have another thread. I was busy fighting the Alaska/Canada war which has been going on for 30 years. but I'm back, unless I suddenly disappear.
 
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Old May 15, 2007
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same thing happened to me not to many months after i did mine. went up over a curb, almost hitting a telephone pole. why it fell out i dont know, but i limped it home, and put in a new bolt. but now, the bolt that has been in there for so long being a little smaller than should be, has damaged my steering box.
 
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Originally Posted by camodown
thread lock is your friend
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Originally Posted by got-dirty
same thing happened to me not to many months after i did mine. went up over a curb, almost hitting a telephone pole. why it fell out i dont know, but i limped it home, and put in a new bolt. but now, the bolt that has been in there for so long being a little smaller than should be, has damaged my steering box.
I think the bolt I replaced it with is a tiny bit smaller, but not too badly. The new bolt I used permanent thread locker and then I also taped around the bolt with duct tape. Therefore, even if the nut fell off the tape would hold it in. It has worked well so far.
 
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Old May 15, 2007
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If you can not duck it.... F@@K IT!
 
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Old May 16, 2007
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you must not have got it tight enough, those things should have never come out.
 
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Old May 16, 2007
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it is a pain in the 1 eyed willie to get tight with the confined space......but if you get it tight enough, it shouldn't ever come off...
 
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Old May 16, 2007
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Aarons back...wow...
 
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Old May 16, 2007
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Originally Posted by Redneckstone
Aarons back...wow...
You owe me 20$ and a beer.
 
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Old May 16, 2007
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you must not have got it tight enough, those things should have never come out.
well, I thought the same about my muffler bracket bolt.....a couple days ago, I noticed the muffler hangin down, and the bolt was gone. This time, I put thread lock on it. I guess theres a ton of vibration on it.
 
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Old May 16, 2007
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No problems with mine an I belive I have 40k on it with some off road use.
 
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Old May 16, 2007
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No problem with mine, only 20k on the truck and about 13k on the body lift. Mild offroading, daily driver.
 
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Old May 16, 2007
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I never had any problem with mine and I think it was on there for over 20k miles and alot of rough wheeling.
 
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