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« on: Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 03:22:41 PM »
ok, so i was goofing off and was gonna flex up on a buddys tire the other day at our club cookout when all of a sudden i hear a POP and my front tire disappeared under my truck! :o

i jumped out and this is what i found.

new TREs ordered... i have now decided this is a crap design and it needs heims set up in a double shear situation but is there room? hmmm...

watch out guys, if this had happened on the street, it coulda been bad!

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« Reply #1 on: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 02:21:01 AM »
WOW Joe that looks familiar cause my whole right front coil bracket bent and cracked . Now Im gonna check my ends and replacem. This kit is awesome but just gotta be upgraded a little. Brent is cool and just sent me a new bracket so it was no biggie.
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« Reply #2 on: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 10:46:39 AM »
Quote from: Joe S. on Wednesday, May 27, 2009, 03:22:41 PM
ok, so i was goofing off and was gonna flex up on a buddys tire the other day at our club cookout when all of a sudden i hear a POP and my front tire disappeared under my truck! :o

i jumped out and this is what i found.

new TREs ordered... i have now decided this is a crap design and it needs heims set up in a double shear situation but is there room? hmmm...

watch out guys, if this had happened on the street, it coulda been bad!

Well that makes me a little nervous.... 
I would like to see what you end up with for this, because I am going to do the same thing you do!
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« Reply #3 on: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 10:53:20 AM »
The first set of rims I had were bent or something and I had terrible death wobble all the time. I think that did the damage. I am gonna put it back as is for now but first chance I get I'm gonna redo it.
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« Reply #4 on: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 10:57:08 AM »
Quote from: Joe S. on Thursday, May 28, 2009, 10:53:20 AM
The first set of rims I had were bent or something and I had terrible death wobble all the time. I think that did the damage. I am gonna put it back as is for now but first chance I get I'm gonna redo it.

Mine had death wobble before also, but after adding some extra caster it went away completely.
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« Reply #5 on: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 11:01:34 AM »
How many degrees caster are you running? Mine is set to what he recomends on the instructions
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« Reply #6 on: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 06:56:31 PM »
i never liked that design of using TRE's for a panhard...they just arent meant for that ::)

use some 3/4x3/4 heims, even in single shear it'll be a lot stronger ;)...if you're worried, weld a thick washer on the backside of the bracket so it cant flex ;)
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« Reply #7 on: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 07:04:30 PM »
Hmm I may have to look into that. Can you get a heim with the same thread as the FJ80 Landcruiser TREs?
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« Reply #8 on: Thursday, May 28, 2009, 08:01:51 PM »
i really dont know, so maybe, but i doubt it :P
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« Reply #9 on: Friday, May 29, 2009, 06:35:11 PM »
i just talked to ballistic fab and he said not that he knows of...

so i am gonna send him the measurements this weekend or next week sometime and he will make me a new rod with ends and all and it will be around 100 bucks...
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« Reply #10 on: Sunday, June 14, 2009, 02:11:27 AM »
Let Brent know what happend, cuz that's how he makes a better kit.  He has hundreds of testers and hopes he hears of everything that might go wrong on any of his products.
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« Reply #11 on: Sunday, June 14, 2009, 11:13:04 AM »
He gets on here from time to time so maybe he will see this. Once I get it modified/ fixed I plan to test it for a little while then post my results here and then I will send him the link...
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« Reply #12 on: Sunday, June 21, 2009, 07:52:59 PM »
Most OE applications that i know of are thru bolt and rubber bushing at one end to allow give and avoid the hammering stress of the chassis.
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« Reply #13 on: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 01:17:34 PM »
Quote from: Joe S. on Sunday, June 14, 2009, 11:13:04 AM
He gets on here from time to time so maybe he will see this.

I wouldn't hold my breath on that. He usually just posts in HIS threads, and doesn't have time to brows the other threads. TT seems to be a reputable company, I'd give them a call and let 'em know (or at least e-mail those pics). He might just work with you on a re-design... might save you some $$$.
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« Reply #14 on: Thursday, June 25, 2009, 01:34:31 PM »
Well it looks like hopefully the truck is sold so I am gonna put the TRE back on...  Don't want someone else to be my guinea pig! Lol
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« Reply #15 on: Saturday, July 04, 2009, 04:24:31 PM »
Linda is the one who goes on these forums and they are way too busy to browse the 5-6 forums they post on.
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« Reply #16 on: Saturday, July 04, 2009, 04:34:34 PM »
I called brent thursday and told him about it and ordered the replacement. He didn't sound concerned about it being broke. Lol
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