Hello All,
I need some help.!.!
I'm new to this forum but not new to wheeling.
I have a 2015 JKUR, and the steering wanders, it gets worse at higher speeds, and you are taking your life in your own hands at interstate speeds 75 +.
I have a 3.5 Rough Country soft ride lift. Dropped Pitman arm that came with the lift. Synergy heavy duty drag link (not high flipped but considering it). Double steering stabilizers Rough Country. 12.50x35x17 BFG ATs. I do not have adjustable upper or lower control arms.
Alignment checks out ok with Camber at 4.5 degrees. I have had it to 3 dealerships and they all say that everything is fine and there is nothing to fix.
When I'm driving down the road at 65 or so I have 3ish (maybe more) inches of play in the steering wheel, and I have showed that to the dealers as well. They again say nothing is wrong.
I have tried different air pressures and it did not seam to effect it.
Note it has had this steering wander since it was new and stock.
I'm at a loss, most threads say check your Camber, but my camber is where it should be.
I'm considering a Geometry correction, but have heard both good and bad and I'm not sure if it will help if my Camber is ok, and I don't want to lose the clearance if I don't have to.
Please any thought on what to check next or change so that my rig is highway worthy!
Thank you all for your help!

 

@Rednroll - chalk another one up to your list. That comment the other day was spot on.

 

OP, I think you meant to say your caster is at 4.5* rather than camber. If that is the case, then you are in spec and that shouldn't be the issue. The quote above might seem snarky, but it's dang true. There are so many posts that are just like yours and the thing most of them have in common seems to be a RC lift. Since it doesn't cost anything, try removing those steering stabilizers and taking it for a spin.

 

I will give that a try. Thank you!
Any advice on if a geometry correction is worth looking in to?
Or flip the Drag link and remove the drop pitman arm?

 

Geo brackets aren't going to help you much as your caster is already in spec. I suspect you have fixed length lower control arms that came with the kit. If you used geo brackets with those control arms, you'd end up with very HIGH caster. Caster does not appear to be your issue.

Before you worry about anything else, I'd just remove the SS and take a drive to see if it's any different. Usually for a SS, you want a unit that will have equal resistance extending and compressing. This is one of those things where the cheap factory is perfectly fine. Start putting gas charged units there and you usually get undesired effects. Gas charged units are always trying to expand with force. Having two SS facing opposite directions should theoretically net each other out in regards to force, but it's just kind of a silly set up. You're perfectly safe to remove it and go drive. You may realize that was an issue, and you may notice no difference, but at least you can go from there.

 

 

I will give that a try this next weekend, Thanks!
What about the play in the steering wheel. I have looked on line and there are other that also have this same play, but no solutions are ever mentioned?