sway back jeeps???

Joc · Jul 17, 2014

Ive surfed the classifieds for years and come across jeeps time to time that appear to be sway back. Hood looks like it angles up instead of slightly down.

Is this a bent frame due to a hard landing on the front end? Poor craftsmanship? Crazy illusion?

I know it would help if I had a pic but i never save them. came across one on cl other day that appeared a lil outta wack.

smurfy90 · Jul 17, 2014

You drank to much tonight?

RustyC · Jul 17, 2014

Not sure of the ad you saw mine is not for sale but my hood does sit a little higher due to fitting in a larger radiator and low ride height. That and the heavy girl has been off the ground a time or two.
But yes if it was jumped a lot I could see it happening.

Dwalk · Jul 17, 2014

CJ's look like this because the hump in the hood gets taller toward the front....YJ's were more flat looking...TJ's are more sloped downward toward the front.

Sway back could be caused from a bent frame or can look like it from the misfitment of tube fenders or grill that would hold the hood up more than normal.

I have seen bodies bent also....look around the door openings of the tub for wrinkles.

Joc · Jul 17, 2014

smurfy90 said:
You drank to much tonight?

does a dead :afro: stink

whiskeymakin · Jul 18, 2014

Ive noticed it too. Mainly old cj5s look that way. I always wondered the same thing

onetoncrawler · Jul 18, 2014

the frame is bad about bending in the front right at the leaf spring mount -

Jr Hall's bent so bad that it had to be cut, pulled down and reinforced with a plate - my old CJ frame had a slight indication of it so I plated it and never had any more issues

kmcminn · Jul 18, 2014

onetoncrawler said:
the frame is bad about bending in the front right at the leaf spring mount -

Jr Hall's bent so bad that it had to be cut, pulled down and reinforced with a plate - my old CJ frame had a slight indication of it so I plated it and never had any more issues

Had a scrambler that did this. It happened when all the weight came down on front end from about seven feet in the air. CJs have weak frames and seems to be the worst about doing it.

smurfy90 · Jul 18, 2014

kmcminn said:
Had a scrambler that did this. It happened when all the weight came down on front end from about seven feet in the air. CJs have weak frames and seems to be the worst about doing it.

Who was driving? :flipoff1:

kmcminn · Jul 18, 2014

It was a hot Sunday afternoon at Grayrock. Front end came down so hard it broke the degreeing shims. Yardsale to say the least. Way to many beers.

June dog · Jul 18, 2014

Joc said:
does a dead :afro: stink

Don't know but live :afro: does! molaugh

5BrothersFabrication · Jul 18, 2014

Maybe rusty old body mounts and the body pucks deteriorated?

B.DRAKE · Jul 18, 2014

kmcminn said:
Had a scrambler that did this. It happened when all the weight came down on front end from about seven feet in the air. CJs have weak frames and seems to be the worst about doing it.

Then you pawned it off on some idiot molaugh

But yea it had a light nose up look for sure but I wheeled it for a while after that incident and never seemed to get any worse but I didn't jump it off Big Egg either :cougar:

BigCountry · Jul 21, 2014

kmcminn said:
Had a scrambler that did this. It happened when all the weight came down on front end from about seven feet in the air. CJs have weak frames and seems to be the worst about doing it.

Here is a pic of the frame on JR's old rig, needed the extra clearance when we 4-Linked it. Also plated the inside just for good measure. Has held up great...