2.5 lift issues
JK Enthusiast
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From: Munchkin Land
everything was going great for me then one day I hit a pot hole at a weird angle and all of a sudden i got a crash course in Death Wobble..it was really fun..from that point on steering would sway and was loose.
So 4 wheel parts said it was ball joints on one side and dealership said ball joints were fine.....dealership put on a steering stabilizer and has been fine ever since. Some time I hope to figure out what is really going on cause hitting that pot hole screwed something up but steering stabilizer fixed it/masked it. I have front lowers CA's and front and rear trackbars since day one one my 2 dr with the Tera 2.5 inch coil ift.
So 4 wheel parts said it was ball joints on one side and dealership said ball joints were fine.....dealership put on a steering stabilizer and has been fine ever since. Some time I hope to figure out what is really going on cause hitting that pot hole screwed something up but steering stabilizer fixed it/masked it. I have front lowers CA's and front and rear trackbars since day one one my 2 dr with the Tera 2.5 inch coil ift.
JK Junkie
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From: CT
everything was going great for me then one day I hit a pot hole at a weird angle and all of a sudden i got a crash course in Death Wobble..it was really fun..from that point on steering would sway and was loose.
So 4 wheel parts said it was ball joints on one side and dealership said ball joints were fine.....dealership put on a steering stabilizer and has been fine ever since. Some time I hope to figure out what is really going on cause hitting that pot hole screwed something up but steering stabilizer fixed it/masked it. I have front lowers CA's and front and rear trackbars since day one one my 2 dr with the Tera 2.5 inch coil ift.
So 4 wheel parts said it was ball joints on one side and dealership said ball joints were fine.....dealership put on a steering stabilizer and has been fine ever since. Some time I hope to figure out what is really going on cause hitting that pot hole screwed something up but steering stabilizer fixed it/masked it. I have front lowers CA's and front and rear trackbars since day one one my 2 dr with the Tera 2.5 inch coil ift.
Was the alignment checked ?
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JK Newbie
Joined: Oct 2012
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From: cbs newfoundland
2.5 lift issues
I will recheck the tightness of everything when the new parts get installed, and my fingers are crossed
I am fairly that once everything is retorqued and the new Bilsteins are on with the LCA's I will be fine
A friend installed the 3.5 RC lift on dual RC stabs and cam bolts on his 2011 4 dr, and has had several alignments, still strange steering.Its been at the dealer now three days, they even tried putting the factory steering stab back on, caster at 4.2 . all alignments specs in check and the jeep is still WILD! I think he is now removing the lift....and pissed!
I am fairly that once everything is retorqued and the new Bilsteins are on with the LCA's I will be fine
A friend installed the 3.5 RC lift on dual RC stabs and cam bolts on his 2011 4 dr, and has had several alignments, still strange steering.Its been at the dealer now three days, they even tried putting the factory steering stab back on, caster at 4.2 . all alignments specs in check and the jeep is still WILD! I think he is now removing the lift....and pissed!
JK Junkie
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From: CT
"Wild" is a interesting way to put it.
My jeep handles like crap. No wobbles or shakes just handles the road poorly.
Steering is the problem too. Highsteer helped a lot.
I can't up my caster any more. Played with toe in.
I am now looking at different shocks. I think my long time favorite Rancho 9000's can't keep my tires planted on the ground. Dampening is poor over roach road. Jeep bounces and is twitchy,
My jeep handles like crap. No wobbles or shakes just handles the road poorly.
Steering is the problem too. Highsteer helped a lot.
I can't up my caster any more. Played with toe in.
I am now looking at different shocks. I think my long time favorite Rancho 9000's can't keep my tires planted on the ground. Dampening is poor over roach road. Jeep bounces and is twitchy,
JK Enthusiast
Joined: Apr 2010
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From: Munchkin Land
when 4 wheel parts checked mine they checked alignment and tried to tell me it was ball joints. Funny if you read about death wobble on here a couple years ago, many people would blame death wobble on bad ball joints implying that the stock ones were infamously weak...I think planman and others were saying this. Now I am reading that its usually the track bar... Anyone know if that is front or rear?
