zooplancton

hi guys,
long time lurker. i recently finished my jeep build (well, the most critical stuff) with upgraded and fortified steering equipment, etc. i also recently got a set of king shocks.
last time out i hit some pretty intnese trails. thank goodness for being totally covered on the bottom with Hard Rock interlocking skid plates.

long story short, i get back on the highway home and my steering was pointing at 10:00a.m. just to go straight. (no biggie)
but the jeep was diving in the front left side (from drivers point of view) so it was being squirrly all the way home. bouncing down the highway diving into the front left.

my first assessment was that i might have destroyed a shock up front, either its just diving or one of them is not working at not compressing.

my shop re-filled the shocks with nitrogen, but it didn't help the problem.
any ideas on this? do you think my shock is indeed dead? or did i do something more deep to the car?

thanks for any ideas. trying to get the shop to warranty the shocks, but want to make sure that's it.
-brandon

Mark Doiron

You may have bent your drag link. When that happens the steering wheel is thrown off. When the steering wheel is off center, as you try to accelerate the Jeep thinks you're in a skid and applies brakes on one side to correct it. Did you have any dash lights? To drive this way, press and hold the ESP OFF switch for five seconds or longer to put it into fully off (as fully off as you can get it, anyway) mode. Once you have the time, adjust the drag link to straighten the steering wheel while driving straight ahead. It's weaker now, so best to replace when finances allow.

zooplancton

thanks a ton mark,
will look into this. and yes i had traction control light on heading home. the shop cleared the light i think, but still dips to left. i'll check out the drag bar.
thanks a ton for the help!
-brandon

JayswranglerX

Yep...Mark nailed it. Same thing happened to my stock DL when I slid into a rock. My wheel was at 4 o'clock just to go straight!

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zooplancton

thanks jay,
the guys said they checked the parts and nothing was bent. waiting to get the jeep back down there. its gonna be a drag if they can't asses the problem. the jeep is almost un-road able.
thanks a ton,
-brandon