Lift blocks probably shouldn't look like this...

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  1. Jul 2, 2011 at 7:11 PM #1
    AK SNO RIDER

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    Well a couple weeks ago I got a call from a buddy who had gotten stuck while trying to tow one of his IDIOT friends out. (She drove a little baby car into a swamp). Towed his 4Runner out, and while turning around to get the little car, I felt a nice clunk, grinding, and lot's of noise and then not moving. Hopped out and the first thing I notice is my rear tires are a lot farther forward than they should be. The lift blocks fell apart, and lower part of the rear axle tilted forwards and up, buckling the u-joint.

    This conveniently happened 2 miles down a powerline, on a hill, in the mud, in the rain. Went home in my friends car, got my dads F350 and some tools. Used my friends car as an anchor and my dads truck to pull, pulled my truck forwards over the rear axle to get it lined back up. In the end it was nearly 6 hours and a stop by the Police before I got my truck home.
     

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  2. Jul 2, 2011 at 7:27 PM #2
    supercrewzn

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    Those look like they came from Auto Zone and arent worth 50 cents. Ive had a set that done the same thing..
     
  3. Jul 2, 2011 at 7:47 PM #3
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    that's nasty
     
  4. Jul 2, 2011 at 8:00 PM #4
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    sucks dood
     
  5. Jul 2, 2011 at 8:01 PM #5
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    that's hard to look at :superhack:
     
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    I've seen those cheap ones do that on on minitrucks back in the day. It appears they've not changed a bit.
     
  7. Jul 2, 2011 at 8:11 PM #7
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  8. Jul 2, 2011 at 8:22 PM #8
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    I mill mine out of solid 304 aluminum :birgits_tiredcoffee but yeah those vatozone blocks are junk :Grenade:
     
  9. Jul 2, 2011 at 8:30 PM #9
    AK SNO RIDER

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    I didn't have time to wait for some to ship so I so picked a set up from shucks for $37. Hopefully they will last...The news ones are aluminum though, and I can see the CNC marks...rather than cast steel like those ones...
     
  10. Jul 2, 2011 at 8:52 PM #10
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    Me goin to school for machining, your giving me idea's again west


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