South Florida Dysfunctional 4x4's
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None to be found Sunday at the 2 WPB JY's. No evidence that they had them previously mounted either. I could hook you up with a hitch mount fold down that I'm releasing shortly that includes recovery point and provision for liscence plate or rotopax mounts.
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Huh? Explain....
Yeah I'll never redrill the bracket...it weakens the mount and causes wobble...
I originally had a sky jacker track bar drop bracket....I've had it on my Comanche with 4.5" of lift and no issues. And my xj with 3.5" of lift....
But after the alignment I was still getting bump steer and read that the track bar has to be parallel to the draglink which wasn't with the drop bracket...
So for now to dd my xj I took off the bracket and I'm now running the stock track bar
Before I couldn't go past 30 mph and not worry about hitting the car next to me...
With the stock track bar I can go up to 55 and still worries me of hitting the car next to me...
I'm truly pissed at myself for trying to adjust the pinion and f-Ed everything up...
I originally had a sky jacker track bar drop bracket....I've had it on my Comanche with 4.5" of lift and no issues. And my xj with 3.5" of lift....
But after the alignment I was still getting bump steer and read that the track bar has to be parallel to the draglink which wasn't with the drop bracket...
So for now to dd my xj I took off the bracket and I'm now running the stock track bar
Before I couldn't go past 30 mph and not worry about hitting the car next to me...
With the stock track bar I can go up to 55 and still worries me of hitting the car next to me...
I'm truly pissed at myself for trying to adjust the pinion and f-Ed everything up...
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Huh? Explain....
Yeah I'll never redrill the bracket...it weakens the mount and causes wobble...
I originally had a sky jacker track bar drop bracket....I've had it on my Comanche with 4.5" of lift and no issues. And my xj with 3.5" of lift....
But after the alignment I was still getting bump steer and read that the track bar has to be parallel to the draglink which wasn't with the drop bracket...
So for now to dd my xj I took off the bracket and I'm now running the stock track bar
Before I couldn't go past 30 mph and not worry about hitting the car next to me...
With the stock track bar I can go up to 55 and still worries me of hitting the car next to me...
I'm truly pissed at myself for trying to adjust the pinion and f-Ed everything up...
Yeah I'll never redrill the bracket...it weakens the mount and causes wobble...
I originally had a sky jacker track bar drop bracket....I've had it on my Comanche with 4.5" of lift and no issues. And my xj with 3.5" of lift....
But after the alignment I was still getting bump steer and read that the track bar has to be parallel to the draglink which wasn't with the drop bracket...
So for now to dd my xj I took off the bracket and I'm now running the stock track bar
Before I couldn't go past 30 mph and not worry about hitting the car next to me...
With the stock track bar I can go up to 55 and still worries me of hitting the car next to me...
I'm truly pissed at myself for trying to adjust the pinion and f-Ed everything up...
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Huh? Explain....Yeah I'll never redrill the bracket...it weakens the mount and causes wobble...
I originally had a sky jacker track bar drop bracket....I've had it on my Comanche with 4.5" of lift and no issues. And my xj with 3.5" of lift....
But after the alignment I was still getting bump steer and read that the track bar has to be parallel to the draglink which wasn't with the drop bracket...
So for now to dd my xj I took off the bracket and I'm now running the stock track bar
Before I couldn't go past 30 mph and not worry about hitting the car next to me...
With the stock track bar I can go up to 55 and still worries me of hitting the car next to me...
I'm truly pissed at myself for trying to adjust the pinion and f-Ed everything up...
I originally had a sky jacker track bar drop bracket....I've had it on my Comanche with 4.5" of lift and no issues. And my xj with 3.5" of lift....
But after the alignment I was still getting bump steer and read that the track bar has to be parallel to the draglink which wasn't with the drop bracket...
So for now to dd my xj I took off the bracket and I'm now running the stock track bar
Before I couldn't go past 30 mph and not worry about hitting the car next to me...
With the stock track bar I can go up to 55 and still worries me of hitting the car next to me...
I'm truly pissed at myself for trying to adjust the pinion and f-Ed everything up...
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Huh? Explain....
If track bars not correct length axle sit more to driver side so jeep want to crab down road. Heres idea....
If track bars not correct length axle sit more to driver side so jeep want to crab down road. Heres idea....
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3 inch and under preschool lifts from there to 8 inch high school area higher you go more chaching leaves wallet.
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Ok got the idea...now I know why the left side of my jeep leans more than the right side...
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Gm fellas...
Finally got an alignment...didn't fix the bump steer...
Then double checked my trackbar and draglink angles were BAD!
So track bracket isn't cutting it I have to get an adjustable one...
So the stock track bar bracket is off but still getting a bit of bump steer...it's scary driving 55 and your jeep is turning directions it wants to go
Finally got an alignment...didn't fix the bump steer...
Then double checked my trackbar and draglink angles were BAD!
So track bracket isn't cutting it I have to get an adjustable one...
So the stock track bar bracket is off but still getting a bit of bump steer...it's scary driving 55 and your jeep is turning directions it wants to go
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Lol
It already has a drop pitman arm installed....
The alignment shop I go to is a jeep guy he adjusted caster/camber/toe...
The alignment shop I go to is a jeep guy he adjusted caster/camber/toe...
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If the two aren't parallel, you probably need an arm with more drop. He didn't tell you that he adjusted camber, typo right?
Edit: I'm wrong about it needing more drop, disregard.
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Just curious because I'm a parts guy, with the TB in the original location are the two parallel? If it gets them closer but not right, does putting the old pitman arm on with or without the TB bracket make them more parallel? The drop arm made the steering more parallel to the ground and the TB drop made them less parallel to the ground. Hope you get it worked out!
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Original location= parallel
Track bar drop bracket=unparallel
Haven't even thought about track bar drop bracket and stock pitman arm
Track bar drop bracket=unparallel
Haven't even thought about track bar drop bracket and stock pitman arm
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What about steering stabilizer? In regards to bump steer I don't see any reason not to run a HD or dual setup with oversized tires.