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I am running short arms, with drop brackets. Alignment was done right after installation. I'm thinking it is a bad coil spring as I haven't even given it a proper beating yet.
It's not the coils spring it is either alignment or incorrect control arm length, which I guess is kinda alignment too. Anywho I put a stock shaft in and all the vibes I had with the tom woods shaft in the front are gone! I'm going with another brand I believe.
Picked up the heart for the heart transplant ! Out of a 92. It's been bored 10 over and completely gone through. New bearings lifters can and all. Now time to get the old one out.
Picked up the heart for the heart transplant ! Out of a 92. It's been bored 10 over and completely gone through. New bearings lifters can and all. Now time to get the old one out.
fun place to live! woods look like mine but i got no big hoist!
have fun...
Picked up the heart for the heart transplant ! Out of a 92. It's been bored 10 over and completely gone through. New bearings lifters can and all. Now time to get the old one out.
It's not the coils spring it is either alignment or incorrect control arm length, which I guess is kinda alignment too. Anywho I put a stock shaft in and all the vibes I had with the tom woods shaft in the front are gone! I'm going with another brand I believe.
I had to get an angle gauge, but I'm gonna try to increase the caster angle to 7 or 8 degrees and hopefully things will be better. Apparently the alignment shop isn't real good at their job lol. Thanks.
I had to get an angle gauge, but I'm gonna try to increase the caster angle to 7 or 8 degrees and hopefully things will be better. Apparently the alignment shop isn't real good at their job lol. Thanks.
Also, there's only so much you can do sometimes. I don't know what arms you're using and such, but they may just be too short? Most places won't touch my jeep I have to do the alignment myself or drive 45 minutes to a 4 wheel center.
Looks like alignment is off. Perhaps they concentrated on the pinion angle rather than caster. The coil bucket is angled forward which will cause springs to bow. Looks like it needs more caster.
Also, when getting an alignment ask for a 'printout' it is free and will give all the important specifications on how the jeep sits.
Attached pictures are for reference. 5" lift, short arms, drop brackets.
Was there a reason why you braced the sway bar bracket on the axel?
Was there a reason why you braced the sway bar bracket on the axel?
High-clearance sway bar mounts are gusseted due to added length. Made by JCR offroad. Two inches taller than stock to prevent contact from drag-link tie-rod joint. Also can place them in a more vertical position than stock. Will allow for OTK (over the knuckle) steering as well.
Last edited by SteveMongr; 05-23-2017 at 06:49 AM.
Started the rear Drum to Disc Brake conversion. I have ABS, no hole in backing plate for the wheel speed sensor. So I need to find out what to do to turn off the ABS light on the dash. So I got to try out my new I/R QTIMAX Air Impact.(they are worth the money plus I got $100 trade-in for my old one)
I applied a couple more stickers to bottom side of hood.
Replaced the wiper Arms and Blades.
Two days ago I finished wiring the lights.
Received my Warn VR8S, waiting for Fairlead Mount.
Just pull the relay in the pdb, and the light will go out.
Stopped by to see my upholstery guy. Made a date to drop off the overhead console headliner, overhead console, and the visors to get recovered. July 10th. He is super busy. Worth the wait plus I am in no hurry. Did a nice job on my dome light headliner. Tomorrow going to Line-X to see about getting my factory running boards done. Was going to have my body guy paint them but with all the recent activity with guys painting their Jeeps with Monstaliner got me thinking. Mentioned that to a customer of the auto parts store I work at and he suggested talking to them. They did his work truck. He can't say enough nice things about the job they did. Also bringing my door molding down to see what they say about that. Was just going to Krylon Fusion them, if I even decided to put them back on (not sure yet), but thinking having door molding Monstalined or Line-Xed would be kinda cool.
Also, there's only so much you can do sometimes. I don't know what arms you're using and such, but they may just be too short? Most places won't touch my jeep I have to do the alignment myself or drive 45 minutes to a 4 wheel center.
I do have fully adjustable upper and lower control arms so adjusting isn't an issue. Though I could not figure out how to "measure" the 5.85* Caster the alignment shop went to, I found a flat place on the differential to attach the gauge. It measured 16* before I started. I extended the lower arms a lot and now it measures 10*. Essentially I moved it 6 degrees. The buckets look better, but the spring still has some bow to it even when it is jacked up with no weight on it. I am gonna leave that side in the air overnight and see how it looks by morning. I wonder if my spring may be junk now and need to be replaced. There is also some angle to the pinion u joint now and I didn't dare get it too far off. It did seem to drive ok on the way home, we shall see.
05-22-2017, 07:12 PM
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