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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 08:11 AM
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Originally Posted by wayoflife
it is always a good rule to torque control arm bolts with the weight of the jeep on the ground and required if you still have bonded rubber bushings to prevent preloading them. on kits that have new control arms and with spherical joints, it's not as critical to do as there would be no preload.
that makes sense.. just learned something else!.. got to say reason i did mine was after reading planman's writeup yeasterday, i thought it was smart since i never did it and been wheeling a few times. gonna check much more often now.
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 09:43 AM
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You also went to bigger tires. Having taller sidewalls will allow more squish and less stability as well.
Sounds like you might have another issue too, but it will still be there somewhat from this.
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Old Feb 22, 2010 | 09:48 AM
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i run 20,000 mile on my TF lift, it was a bit fighty but i kept blaming the wind.

solution i found was in a set of lower teraflex flexarms it drives great now
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