This is my first post on the forum. I have read countless things on bump steer and just need put down what's done to my jeep and see why I might have a problem. I have a 2012 2 door sport. I'll list all the suspension below.
- 3.5 inch rough country lift
- lower control arm correction brackets
- dropped pitman arm and bolt on track bar bracket.


Drove fjne until I added the following.
- installed a new axle housing that had a welded on track bar bracket and I installed a sector shaft brace.
- I have Triple checked everything and everything is right and preloaded during installation.


Any information would be great but I do have a few specifics questions.
When using a dropped pitman arm, can you use a drag link flip?
If I use a drag link flip can I still use the welded on raised track bar bracket?

I attached a few photos of the angles of the trackbar and drag link angles.

 

Is the welded track bar bracket hole raised more then the hole in the bracket that came with your dropped pitman arm?

Most flip the d-link at the knuckle when using a raised track bar bracket over dropping the pitman arm.

It looks like your track bar is very close to the new sector shaft brace or track bar bracket (what ever is orange)... Are you sure they are not contacting?

EDIT: Is the orange bracket a frame side track bar bracket? If so there is your problem. You need to run either a frame side or axle bracket but not both.

 

I think I was on to something with my edited question above.

If the "bolt on" track bar bracket you originally had was a frame side bracket you need to remove it and put the track bar back to its stock location (frame side) now that wou have an axle bracket.

 

The orange part is rock solid performance sector shaft brace. It is very close but doesn't contact. The brace only reinforces. It doesn't move the trackbar. I could try removing it.

 

If it is very close at ride height, I can't see how it wouldn't hit when the axle moves up under compression.

 

Just to be clear, you replaced the whole axle housing which added a welded on track bar mount?

If this is true, make sure everything is torqued to spec.

 

Wow , get rid of the drop pitman arm and do a drag link flip on the knuckle

Your track bar bracket being raised and your dropped pitman arm are not playing nice with each other

 

Yes the whole housing was replaced. And I did torque it to a number I found somewhere I don't remember off the top of my head what it was.

Would removing the sector shaft brace and installing the factory pitman with a drag link sound like a possible solution? Would the raised track bar cause a problem in that case?

 

If the drag link and track bar are moving on different arcs, yes.

Since you have to run the raised track bar you will need to either run a dropped pitman arm or run a flipped d-link.

The sector shaft brace should only be an issue if it is hitting something and preventing movement.

The thing I don't know is if the dropped pitman arm you have is for the same steering geometry as the track bar bracket you now have was. This is why I asked about the difference in track bar holes from your prevous housing in my initial reply.

 

keep your sector shaft brace and axle bracket, but reinstall the factory pitman and flip the drag link to the top side of the knuckle. It will keep your links parallel and closer to the same plane