Is this Bent ? sway bar frame mount

[luciferslywalker]

I couldn't figure out for the longest time what was making this whao'ing kinda sound in the front drive locked or not. Almost gave up until I noticed it last night while under there changing my anti freeze. I believe, well every sway bar I've ever seen have exact same set-up left and right sides. My drivers side mount, as you can see has been bent ( i may be totally wrong though ) ahead 1-1/2" - 3" depending where you measure the sway bar from left to right. My Dad musta used the "That Big handy tow bar under the front " to move drag or unstuck something. Someone please Is this sway bar Mount bracket Bent ???

 

[Maniak]

That looks bent to me.. I don't have that on our X anymore, but I just helped replace sway bar bushings on an f-150 and it has the same frame mount it they were more square than that.

btw.. here is the pic.

~Mark

 

[Iron Weasel]

Yeah. looks bent to me as well.

Doesn't look like anything a BFH couldn't fix though.

 

[Joe Dirt]

Non bent:

 

[luciferslywalker]

Thanks for the confirmation. I actually started to look up the term BFH like a BFdumbass. So would this be causing the whoa'ing drone'ing kinda sound I'm experiencing. here is the original thread concerning this noise which I thought was associated w/ having someone install man. hubs improperly. any new thoughts. Once Again Serious Gratitude to ALL From I
http://www.explorerforum.com/forums/showthread.php?t=289462

 

[luciferslywalker]

My passenger side looks on par w/ that. It's the drivers side thats in Question. thanks though. cheers

 

[Foxracin]

Yep, its bent. Probably been jerked on a time or 2. Just knock it back straight with a BFH. Mine was bent up when I got it and I just straightened it back up. Its in the trash now though.

 

[corkey]

Non bent:

ha ha , gotcha Joe,,
that's a pic of vroomzoomboom's flamed rig, just after a complete detail for AFN , clean as can be, and detailed to the max,,,,

 

[luciferslywalker]

replaced the bent bracket and humming whao'ing still there. like really, I have replaced everything but the diff in the frnt end.........I hope it's the tires that have suffered due to the bracket being bent because I really don't wanna have a repeat of the last explorer that pissed me off.

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75kmh straight into a very lrg tree. i like airbags, besides all the skin they keep