Well I got off of work this moring and got to work on installing my control arms. Front Lowers were and piece of cake, and I used the idea of just rocking the tire to get the bolt holes aligned. From the beginning I was just going to live with some "flightiness", but I pulled the trigger on the Teraflex arms to go with my lift. I set the arms to what Teraflex calls for and went from there. I found a huge difference between running my stock arms and these. No more flightiness or loose steering at all. The Jeep now feels solid once again and rides great. I also installed some TF rear uppers too, a little bit more time consuming, but it was manageable. Also looks like I got my castor and pinion back in place.

The only thing I am somewhat concerned with now is my rear sway bar links, they look to be touching the rear bumpstops and axle frame. I am guessing this is because the axle was shifted on it's axis to the rear.

Here are the pics:











Rear Sway Bar Links after Rear Upper Arms installed:

 

For the rear swaybar links touching, I've seen that a lot of people have actually had to cut down the upper control arms to get them a tad shorter to clear the links. This may be the case with yours. Did you do a before and after measurement to see what you actually netted from the lift?

 

I got it all worked out. I shortened up the rear uppers a tad and moved my sway bar links to the outside. I was running the links on the inside like mentioned in the instructions. It is all good now.

 

I did the OME HD lift and only got the front uppers. I assume that I can do this in the drive too? This should be relatively easy, correct????/

 

Yep simple and easy. I did my lift and arms all by myself in the driveway. Any reason why you chose front uppers instead of front lowers??

 

One thing I did with my lower control arm joints was a good coating of grease on the threads and once I was happy with the length I put a bead of silicone around both sides of the locking nut to help seal water out of the inside of the arm.

 

Northridge 4x4 suggested that for me. He built the package for me. I was trying to keep cost down and didn't do the brake lines, coil retainer clips and I can't remember what else....bad idea?

 

one more question...the driver side went on very easily, but for the life of me I cant seem to get the passenger side axle mount bolt to fit back in. I tried a rachet, tire roll, etc. It doesn't seem that far off, but can't seem to get it in. Is that normal?

 

Nah, not a bad idea. Dave is the expert when it comes to lifts. I was just curius on why Uppers and not Lowers thats all. You cn always add retainer clips and brake lines too.

Another member suggested to me just to push on the tires to help line the bolt and holes up. That is how I lined mine up. Pushing and pulling on the tire to get it in. Ratchet strap seems like it would be easier though

If you need help just refer to this write-up by WOL. Good pictures to look at.
http://project-jk.com/jeep-jk-write-...ation-write-up

 

David is the MAN. I gave him a call last night and he told me how to do it in about 1 minute! simply used the jack to roll the axle and the holes lined right up! Good to go!