Special_K
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Okay, so I pick up my Jeep from yet another shop today after getting quite a bit of deferred maintenance performed. The one odd thing the mechanic recommended was welding the front track bar...so I figured it was necessary and told him okay over the phone. I normally trust him on most maintenance items.
Now that I have the Jeep back, with the track bar welded (see photo below), it seems dangerously squirrely...especially on the highway. In fact, it seems like it might flip relatively easily at highway speed if I moved the steering wheel too much, to quick. After just a few hours today of driving it, I'm almost afraid to drive it at highway speeds. :x
I'm going to take my Jeep back to the shop tomorrow morning, slap the guy around a little, and have him take the welds off. :roll: There seems to be something instictively wrong with welding the track bar, but this guy is pretty experienced so is there something I'm missing here?
Okay, so I pick up my Jeep from yet another shop today after getting quite a bit of deferred maintenance performed. The one odd thing the mechanic recommended was welding the front track bar...so I figured it was necessary and told him okay over the phone. I normally trust him on most maintenance items.
Now that I have the Jeep back, with the track bar welded (see photo below), it seems dangerously squirrely...especially on the highway. In fact, it seems like it might flip relatively easily at highway speed if I moved the steering wheel too much, to quick. After just a few hours today of driving it, I'm almost afraid to drive it at highway speeds. :x
I'm going to take my Jeep back to the shop tomorrow morning, slap the guy around a little, and have him take the welds off. :roll: There seems to be something instictively wrong with welding the track bar, but this guy is pretty experienced so is there something I'm missing here?