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#1 ·
Hey everyone, I have a very light 2 door with a 2.5" lift with 315/75/16 mt's on aftermarket wheels with 4.5" bs. I have read all I can find about people bending their c's. My question is has anyone bent their c's on a light 2 door. I have stock bumpers, soft top and no armor, so I would like any first hand accounts of people with 2 doors with bent c's. Or Are all the bent c's on heavy 4 doors? If you did bend yours on a 2 door please post the circumstances in which you bent them, is your jeep heavy, light, where you beating on it or babying it. I would like to hold off on these for a while if I could. So much to buy and so little money. Anyway thanks for any info I can get.
 
#2 ·
I can't tell from this post if a "bent c" is a mod you're supposed to do to your Jeep, or a failure of some part from abusive use.

If the former, by all means, I'll have to get my c's bent as soon as my Wrangler comes in. Anybody know a good shop in metro-Atlanta that can bend 'em?
 
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#3 ·
Bending your inner c means your axle is bent where it holds the ball joints, at that point the axle housing is trashed and must be replaced.
 
#4 ·
Bending your inner c means your axle is bent where it holds the ball joints, at that point the axle housing is trashed and must be replaced.
Ah -- what does the "c" refer to?
 
#6 ·
Okay, so it's shaped like a C. Got it. (That weld looks a little rough!)
 
#7 ·
Wheeled an 07 2 door on 35's with lots of heavy stuff for years and never bent an axle.
Broke a few u-joints but that's ok.
That one had the smaller D30 front axle too.

Unless your jumping dunes in the desert or abusing it I wouldn't sweat it.
Do it when you can afford to. Until then use 4Lo and common sense on the trail.
 
#8 ·
Thats the kind of info im looking for.
 
#10 ·
Can those gussets be welded on with the axle on the jeep or does the axle need to be removed and or gutted to just the housing before welding?
 
#12 ·
yeah - c-gussets can be welded on to an axle while the axle is on the vehicle. definitely want a good welder though. if they spend too much time heating up the axle - you'll cook the ball joints... which will lead to premature failure.

some companies that make good c-gussets:
  • poly performance (synergy)
  • teraflex
as has been said - they are relatively inexpensive and great insurance...
 
#13 ·
Thanks for the info, I might just go ahead and get the sleeves and gussets installed. The shop I'm going to use wants $565 to do both.
 
#14 ·
I was going to go C gussets and sleeves but ended up with C gussets and an Artec truss today. I figured a truss was a bit better than sleeves. Of course, I still have 32s...lift is still being furiously debated in my head. :)
 
#16 ·
Around here- Cs and sleeves are about $600 parts and labor. Gussets and truss- about $1,000.
 
#17 ·
$600 is a bit high, i been shopping around for the past month and for a 4x4 shop $450 parts & labor is about the going rate. since i already had the parts i got a mobil welder coming out in 2 days when i do the lift to weld on the c gussets and lca skids for $150. i'm gonna have it apart anyway and replacing ball joints anyway. makes sense to do it that way at least for me any way.
 
#21 ·
Finally got it done. Sleeves and g ussets.
 

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EVO and Synergy gussets are very different from the Teraflex gussets. The first two are like the ones above (bracing from the sides a bit more) while the TF is a solid piece that goes along the middle. I wonder why they do it so differently.
 
#24 ·
I plan to do some mild reinforcing on my front axle.

Here's what I could find on the TeraFlex site -

Uppers - | TeraFlex Suspensions
Lowers - | TeraFlex Suspensions

So...from what I see, you'd need both from TeraFlex, while Synergy sells the uppers and lowers in an entire kit - SYNERGY MANUFACTURINGÂ*::Â*Jeep JKÂ*::Â*Synergy Jeep JK Front D30/44 Inner C Gusset Kit.

Combine it with a set of these ball joints, and I'd be all set.

Now...I just need it all installed, welded up and an alignment. :)
 
#25 ·
I plan to do some mild reinforcing on my front axle.

Here's what I could find on the TeraFlex site -

Uppers - | TeraFlex Suspensions
Lowers - | TeraFlex Suspensions

So...from what I see, you'd need both from TeraFlex, while Synergy sells the uppers and lowers in an entire kit - SYNERGY MANUFACTURINGÂ*::Â*Jeep JKÂ*::Â*Synergy Jeep JK Front D30/44 Inner C Gusset Kit.

Combine it with a set of these ball joints, and I'd be all set.

Now...I just need it all installed, welded up and an alignment. :)
you don't need the lower c gusset, nice to have, but you don't need it as much as you need the upper reinforced.

and what you're picking out will be a nice setup for your axle :thumb:
 
#26 ·
Sorry OP...didn't mean to hijack your thread.

Thanks Bob.

I figure for the price difference of just the TF uppers vs. the whole Synergy kit, I might as well do it all while I'm at it. If the TF gussets are that much stronger, I may just go with theirs (uppers and lowers). Really don't want to sleeve or add the weight of a truss...in my mind, it unnecessary for the kind of wheeling I do (nothing very extreme) and should safely see me up to 37's if I go that big.

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