twaldron

kglacy@earthlink.net wrote:
> A couple of weeks ago my front axle lock light started blinking, since
> my Jeep is still under warranty I brought it in to get checked out.
> They found that the front right tie rod bracket was bent. There is no
> signs of impact, nothing else is damaged anywhere aroungd the bracket
> (not even the brakelines). The dealer tells me that the entire axle
> housing must be replaced, if I want to keep the warranty. However,
> Jeep is not release this part until April 26, 2007. Has anyone else
> seen or heard of this defect, I say defect because that is the only
> logical explanation. I haven't even had time to go searious four
> wheeling in it yet since I travel so much. Any ideas how this could
> have happen without fourwheeling or hitting an object that leaves no
> impact makes, I would appreciate it.
>


Maybe you mean sway bar bracket? I bent the sway bar bracket on my '03
Rubi for no explicable reason. Yes, I was off road, but there was no
impact nor maneuver that would warrant that kind of damage. Still
puzzling over that one. It is still bent.

tw

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twaldron

kglacy@earthlink.net wrote:
> A couple of weeks ago my front axle lock light started blinking, since
> my Jeep is still under warranty I brought it in to get checked out.
> They found that the front right tie rod bracket was bent. There is no
> signs of impact, nothing else is damaged anywhere aroungd the bracket
> (not even the brakelines). The dealer tells me that the entire axle
> housing must be replaced, if I want to keep the warranty. However,
> Jeep is not release this part until April 26, 2007. Has anyone else
> seen or heard of this defect, I say defect because that is the only
> logical explanation. I haven't even had time to go searious four
> wheeling in it yet since I travel so much. Any ideas how this could
> have happen without fourwheeling or hitting an object that leaves no
> impact makes, I would appreciate it.
>


Maybe you mean sway bar bracket? I bent the sway bar bracket on my '03
Rubi for no explicable reason. Yes, I was off road, but there was no
impact nor maneuver that would warrant that kind of damage. Still
puzzling over that one. It is still bent.

tw

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twaldron

kglacy@earthlink.net wrote:
> A couple of weeks ago my front axle lock light started blinking, since
> my Jeep is still under warranty I brought it in to get checked out.
> They found that the front right tie rod bracket was bent. There is no
> signs of impact, nothing else is damaged anywhere aroungd the bracket
> (not even the brakelines). The dealer tells me that the entire axle
> housing must be replaced, if I want to keep the warranty. However,
> Jeep is not release this part until April 26, 2007. Has anyone else
> seen or heard of this defect, I say defect because that is the only
> logical explanation. I haven't even had time to go searious four
> wheeling in it yet since I travel so much. Any ideas how this could
> have happen without fourwheeling or hitting an object that leaves no
> impact makes, I would appreciate it.
>


Maybe you mean sway bar bracket? I bent the sway bar bracket on my '03
Rubi for no explicable reason. Yes, I was off road, but there was no
impact nor maneuver that would warrant that kind of damage. Still
puzzling over that one. It is still bent.

tw

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