I've been running with nothing more than a t-bar crank since 9/00 with no problem. I have adjusted them once sometime last year when I realized I had maxxed the crank out and had the UCA's on the bumpstops, been running with over an inch between the bumpstop and UCA ever since and the gap is holding fine. Nothing but a TJM bumper weighing the front end down so far.
Steering is still holding up fine with 32x11.50" tires best I can tell, with infrequent but rough 'wheeling.

Brent
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