dshoebottom

Thanks for the reply. You are correct I bought the jeep lifted and am not 100% on what is going on here. The jeep has 32 BFg on 15 inch rims they don't seem to rub I meant the actual braking assembly seems to hit my coil. As in you can hear the spring on a hard turn as if it's overextending. However after some inspection of my wheel hop I noticed the right side bushings on my leafs are shot. They allow a ton of play in the leaf causing my sound and bucking the jeep on turns. That's the only thing I can say as of now is causing the lack of steering? Would bad bushings in the leafs cause wheel hop and poor steering? My thought as of now is remove the rear sway and replace the leaf bushings? Any ideas

salad

Wow. No you've got a few issues lol. Wheel hop is almost guaranteed to be the axle shaft U joints. It's not in 4WD, right?

Leaf spring bushings are going to cause noises and a bad ride, but none of your other issues.

My advice is to start a thread and post up some pictures of everything. It sounds like someone massively screwed up a lift and dumped it, and not knowing any better you picked up their half-assed broken project. Don't worry thought we'll get ya fixed up.

odgreen

3 words.... "welded rear end"

dshoebottom

We'll the joint seems tight on the axle and the rear end is ok. Not sure exactly is up. But like I said the bushings on the leafs are shot. I don't think it was dumped because this person put a lot into the lift and the steering. The jeep drives good on the road the main issue is my steering. Not sure what you mean by welded rear end? I can see the bushing popping in and out of the leaf on tight turns so that has to be the cause of my wheel hop it's that side and that wheel. Can't really put y finger on it till I replace some stuff I guess. All I can say is all the u joints ball joints ect look and feel right. My leafs do not they need bushings and probably a tightening. I can't be the only one out there with bushing issues lol I had a yj that had horrible noises from the rear and it was the leafs moving from bad bushings.

salad

Quite possible...

Which are you checking? Axle U joints are up front by the wheels.

You'd be surprised. Hang around Jeep forums for a while, a lot of people hit a wall and just get rid of something instead of figuring it out, or they're in the middle of a build and suddenly need cash so sell it half done.

Welded rear end is something typical of someone who might install a Rusty's 6.5" lift, yet somehow not install new leaf spring bushings. Instead of installing a proper locker they just weld the gears in the differential. It definitely causes wheel hop.

Your leaf spring bushings are a symptom, but not a cause.

dshoebottom

We'll the rear end is all moving ect ? Wouldn't a weld stop that? The front wheel u joints are all in good standing and both drive shaft ones have no play. I might add that the turning noise and hop only happens on slow turns parking lots ect. If I'm moving above let's say 10 mph no noise or wheel hop. Not in 4wd however I've tested 4wd and it works. Would the sway bar in the rear cause this?

salad

Maybe we are thinking of different things. Can you explain exactly what you mean by "wheel hop"?

dshoebottom

Well when I'm turning slowly I can see the leaf spring on the passenger side bind from the bushing being so loose and the. The rear tire on that same side lifts off he ground for a second. Not literally hopping I would say just lifts and then is back to normal after straght the wheel out

straightsixjeep

Are the leafs sagging big time? Might be time for new leafs with bushings already installed.

salad

Oookaaay... lol

Put it up on jack stands and spin one tire at a time. Does the other spin in the same direction? Or you can pop open the diff and take a picture of the guts.

Definitely get those leaf spring bushings replaced. When did this guy lift it? I'm kind of concerned about how he got 6.5" without installing new leaf spring packs.

freegdr

When the rear axle does this is the front wheel hitting coil on front axle on other corner ?

dshoebottom

The lift isn't that old but it was trial ridden hard in its young life. The leafs don't sag however it has a 1.5 inch block on the leaf. I was told this are a horrid mistake but other people say with it just being a small block it wouldn't do much harm. There is a 1 inch difference from front to back so the front is about a inch taller so not much sag and I think the bad bushing slower it a bit. Would I be able to feel a welded rear end? I really love the jeep and it looks great and other then turning and being a bouncy ride drives great. Just this damn ugly turning and popping sounds from the leaf.

dshoebottom

I will have to check that out in the am. That sounds like that may be what's happening because the noise is usually combined the leafs pop after the start of something in the front rubbing I just can't see front and back at the same time so I focused on the immediate obvious sounds which is he leaf popping

freegdr

Do both fronts rub ? Deff still need to replace rear bushing as Salad said also.

salad

Doesn't sound like you have a full 6.5" kit on there dude. http://www.rustysoffroad.com/jeep-su...-pack-kit.html

Includes full 6.5" leaf springs. Back should be level with rear.