This Custom Truck Jump Fail Is Exactly Why You Don't Cut Corners Modifying Your Ride
The saying goes: 'the bigger they are, the harder they fall.' In the case of this poorly modified truck, that's the unfortunate but hilarious truth
According to one user in a Reddit thread, the reason for the truck’s massive fail is as follows:
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Single shear on left. Imagine the shocks as the side with the up arrow and the frame as the other. That’s a lot of stress going through just one part of the bolt. Basically, it acted like a big pair of scissors and sliced the bolt clean through.
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Spacer. Instead of the springs resting against the frame, he added what amounts to really thick washers to lift the frame up a bit higher than the top of the spring.
TLDR: The jump turned his suspension into a set of really big bolt cutters.
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