LCA snapped in half

[jaburni]

Long time KJ owner and lurker, first time poster. I’ve owned this KJ for over 10 years now, and since finding this forum I’ve managed to give it another lease on life, doing all of the repairs and maintenance myself.. This thing is my baby and the sweat equity I've put into it just adds to my heartache, because I crashed it into a telephone pole. It'll be out of commission for another few weeks, and I'm just feeling nostalgic and wanted to share some photos of the Jeep as I wait for parts lol.

Just for some added context behind the crash:
I recently left my job which had me working long nights with a 100+ mile commute for years. My girl and I were both in school at the time (she recently finished), we have a toddler and a 10-year-old, and I was just burning the candle at both ends with everything… About a month before making the choice to quit, I was maybe half a mile from our place and I fell asleep on my way home from work, and crashed the Jeep into a telephone pole. Nobody was hurt and I was able to limp it back home, but……..

You must be registered for see images attach

The passenger LCA snapped in half. I can’t recall ever reading about this happening to anyone which leads me to ask.. has anyone here snapped a front LCA?

Anyways, here’s some pictures before the "incident" lol

You must be registered for see images attach

You must be registered for see images attach

You must be registered for see images attach

 

[LibertyTC]

That would take a lot of force to crack the LCA.