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37in toyos and bumpsteer!

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Old 03-04-2012, 10:40 AM
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I'm having some bumpsteer issues on my 2 door. It drives fine on flat ground. I have a pr44 unlimited. My Castor is set at 6.2 on driver and 6.7 on passenger. I have rockkrawlers flipped drag link and there rasied trac bar bracket welded to my axle. I'm running around 25psi in the tires. Everytime I go over a bump it will wander some in the road and I will have to correct it. Is it the tires? Any advice would be helpful.
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need to see a pic of your steering linkage.
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It will be tomorrow before I can post up some pics but I will do that first thing.
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Make sure your draglink and track bar are at close to the same angle. If you had a drop pitman arm prior to the draglink flip put the stock one back on. I had to remove drop pitman arm when flipping my draglink. Hope this helps.
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What trackbar you running?
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Im running a rockkrawler trac bar,trac bar bracket. My drag link and trac bar are at the same angle. I'm running the 3.5 x factor kit the only thing stock is the tie rod.
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Originally Posted by Vinson Clark
Im running a rockkrawler trac bar,trac bar bracket. My drag link and trac bar are at the same angle. I'm running the 3.5 x factor kit the only thing stock is the tie rod.
I am having a similar issue. I get a vib in the steering at 50 and goes away at 60 as well. Would love to have this resolved.how did you get all that caster I could only manage 3?
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Originally Posted by Stepsride
I am having a similar issue. I get a vib in the steering at 50 and goes away at 60 as well. Would love to have this resolved.how did you get all that caster I could only manage 3?
Im running a PR44 unlimited it has castor built into it. Its not bad but everytime i hit a bump at a higher speed it will wonder just a little bit and i have to correct it. I can drive it with one finger on the wheel going down the highway though.
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Those are big tires with a wide surface area. Are you talking about a small bump and then it wanders or a large bump. Large tires do tend to wander some.
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Originally Posted by Biggy
Those are big tires with a wide surface area. Are you talking about a small bump and then it wanders or a large bump. Large tires do tend to wander some.
Its mainly the big bumps. The roads here in Mississippi or bad. This is my first jeep and first lifted vehicle with big tires ive ever owned so i may be over reacting some. I always here guys talking about there jeep ridding better than stock once lifted but with 10 ply toyos i just dont see it.

I see your running 37in toyos as well do you experience and noticeable steering changes over your stock setup?


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