Straightening ARB bar - thoughts?

[TheOoz]

The driver's side of my ARB bar needs to be lowered slightly. Looking at the attached pic, I need to pull down on the upper left side (the rear tip of the bar) to straighten it.

I've used a angle finder and the rest of the bar is level, and there is a slight lift in this point. Not sure how that happened

I have a hi lift jack, but not sure how I could use it to pull down.

Any suggestions on how else I might do it?

[mtd]

maybe loosen the mounting bolts while someone else pulls/pushes it straight and re tighten. I cant remember but im pretty sure that most mount holes were slotted.

[junglejuice]

If the passenger side is level front to rear you are going to have a bit of trouble trying to twist that bar back into shape....

I wish you the best of luck...

[layback40]

Originally Posted by mtd

maybe loosen the mounting bolts while someone else pulls/pushes it straight and re tighten. I cant remember but im pretty sure that most mount holes were slotted.

X2 on loosening the mount bolts on that side. You may be lucky & find it goes straight then.
if you have a means to tie that side of the bar down, you could then jack the jeep up with a suitable trolly jack under the frame near the bar mount.

[TheOoz]

Originally Posted by layback40

X2 on loosening the mount bolts on that side. You may be lucky & find it goes straight then.
if you have a means to tie that side of the bar down, you could then jack the jeep up with a suitable trolly jack under the frame near the bar mount.

I'll give that a go and see what it looks like (the loosening of the bolts). An anchor point to the ground would be useful. I'm wondering what I could use for that??

This bar is well used. Last time I repaired it I had to remove it, bash it, weld it, and paint it. LOL. Steel is ace.

[murray]

that's easy to fix take the bar off your xj take some pics and email to me
ill show you what to do

[shakes]

Sure it's the bar?

Access to an oxy to heat and cool?

Releif cut on the bottom at the line it bends up?

I'd loosen the bolts as suggested first up.