| Author | Message | ||
     Daniel Covaciu (Danielcovaciu) Member Username: Danielcovaciu Post Number: 49 Registered: 10-2002 |
For the past couple of months I've been trying to figure out why my 98 disco pulls to the right. It started doing this after a wheeling trip. Untill now I couldnt find anything bent. That thin bar to the rear of the back axle is tweaked. It looks like the drivers side mount caught a rock and shifted back. The bar actually looks okay, its the u shaped mount welded to the bottom of the frame that took the hit. How should I fix this. Can I just pound it with a BFG like I did the trailing link? What happens if I just take it off? Thanks, Dan | ||
| Daniel Covaciu (Danielcovaciu) Member Username: Danielcovaciu Post Number: 50 Registered: 10-2002 |
Anyone? Oh, BFG should read BFH, as in a big hammer, not BFG as in mud-terrain tires. Dan | ||
| Blue (Bluegill) Senior Member Username: Bluegill Post Number: 1981 Registered: 02-2002 |
are you talking about the anti-sway bar mount? | ||
| Brian Friend (Brianfriend) Senior Member Username: Brianfriend Post Number: 482 Registered: 09-2002 |
Are you talking about the antisway bar? | ||
| Brian Friend (Brianfriend) Senior Member Username: Brianfriend Post Number: 483 Registered: 09-2002 |
Blue--jinx, you owe me a beer. | ||
| Blue (Bluegill) Senior Member Username: Bluegill Post Number: 1983 Registered: 02-2002 |
that's pretty funny! | ||
| Daniel Covaciu (Danielcovaciu) Member Username: Danielcovaciu Post Number: 51 Registered: 10-2002 |
Yes, swaybar. Drivers side mount is bent up and to the rear. I can see the scrapes from where it hit a rock. The alignment shop says the front end is good. The back tires are doing something like this / /. Could bent swaybar mount cause this? Is this why I always have to stear right to go straight? Thanks, dan | ||
| Brian Friend (Brianfriend) Senior Member Username: Brianfriend Post Number: 484 Registered: 09-2002 |
Dan, Just take that pesky sway bar thing off. It doesn't do much good anyway. If that doesn't fix it it is prbably your trailing arms. | ||
| Blue (Bluegill) Senior Member Username: Bluegill Post Number: 1985 Registered: 02-2002 |
What suspension are you running? If you remove the rear anti-sway bar, you may not even notice that it is missing.  | ||
| Daniel Covaciu (Danielcovaciu) Member Username: Danielcovaciu Post Number: 52 Registered: 10-2002 |
Stock suspension but 3 inch lift springs are coming soon. In the above picture you can see the u shaped mount to the right of the exhaust pipe. Mine is bent. Could this cause the problem I described? Blue, is there any part off your truck you dont have a picture off? | ||
| Brian Friend (Brianfriend) Senior Member Username: Brianfriend Post Number: 485 Registered: 09-2002 |
Dan, I would say that if you bent that mount and it pushed your sway bar back it probably pushed the whole axle assembly back too. See how it runs disconected. bet that solves your problem. | ||
| Daniel Covaciu (Danielcovaciu) Member Username: Danielcovaciu Post Number: 53 Registered: 10-2002 |
Sway bar is indeed pushed back. I'll take it off and see what happens. So do you think I can fix the mount by pounding with a hammer or will it require welding? Dan | ||
| Blue (Bluegill) Senior Member Username: Bluegill Post Number: 1988 Registered: 02-2002 |
You will probably have to remove, reform, or replace. I took mine off and didn't even notice it was gone (OME HD suspension). There are a few spots I don't have pics of....yet  | ||
| Brian Friend (Brianfriend) Senior Member Username: Brianfriend Post Number: 486 Registered: 09-2002 |
Dan, You probably can use the bfh on it. The rear sway bar is not real effective so if the mount breaks you are probably no worse off. But then again if you look at my truck you may not want to follow my advice. | ||
| Eric N (Grnrvr) Senior Member Username: Grnrvr Post Number: 1256 Registered: 02-2002 |
Also, follow the trailing link back up to where it mounts to the frame and make sure that all those bolts are tight. I got my rear axle caught on a rock and powered out of it which loosened up the nut holding the rear link onto the mount. I didn't notice it till I was on the road heading home and my truck would dart into on coming traffic when I put my foot on the gas and took my foot off the gas. Little scary on a 55mph two lane road. | ||
| Daniel Covaciu (Danielcovaciu) Member Username: Danielcovaciu Post Number: 55 Registered: 10-2002 |
Gotta love the bfh. It worked wonders on my trailing link. Maybe I'll give it a shot. Thanks everyone, I learn more about my truck everyday on this board. Dan | ||
| Blue (Bluegill) Senior Member Username: Bluegill Post Number: 1991 Registered: 02-2002 |
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| Daniel Covaciu (Danielcovaciu) Member Username: Danielcovaciu Post Number: 56 Registered: 10-2002 |
I know the trailing links are on there good and tight cause I took one off them off to straighten it. Now your just showing off Thom. Dan | ||
| Eric N (Grnrvr) Senior Member Username: Grnrvr Post Number: 1257 Registered: 02-2002 |
You had to straighten it? That could be part of your problem too. Maybe it's still a little off. His truck isn't the only thing that he takes pictures of.. Careful, or we'll have to see the hobit feet again.. Here you go Blue, just for you..  You're not the only one around here with hairy feet.. | ||
| Blue (Bluegill) Senior Member Username: Bluegill Post Number: 1992 Registered: 02-2002 |
Daniel, you may indeed have a short trailing arm if you had to BFH a bent one. You know what you call a girl with one leg shorter than the other? Eileen. Your fubared sway mount probably isn't helping matters. Remove the rear sway and see what you get (even just disconnect it and wire it up out of the way for a test run). If that doesn't solve your problem, then move on to the trailing arm. P.S. Thom is an entirely different person P.P.S. nice foot art. I took the same shot looking down at my (booted) feet yesterday. I'd post it, but that wouldn't be very BC of me (Bandwith Correct). | ||
| Daniel Covaciu (Danielcovaciu) Member Username: Danielcovaciu Post Number: 58 Registered: 10-2002 |
Here's why I dont think it's the trailing link. One was bent ever since I got the truck yet the alignment was perfect, it drove straight as an arrow, so I left it like that. One day I went wheelin and took some hard hits. On the way home my alignment was off so I knew I bent somthing. Eventually I straightened out that link but as expected that had no effect. I didnt notice the swaybar untill just recently, it seems to be the most likely culprit. Damned swaybars, who needs them anyway. | ||
| Blue (Bluegill) Senior Member Username: Bluegill Post Number: 1994 Registered: 02-2002 |
bummer - that confuses things. If you're really good, you only bend one thing at a time |
