Anyone have a link to his DW thread?

 

Post #18 in this thread...... check out his signature!

 

Yeah had just got that thanks

 

How far off center is acceptable? Mine is 3/8" further out on the passenger side. M

 

No one has mentioned this yet but what is your caster at? I had my lift put in and after that I had bump steer so bad it felt like something had to be wrong. I called my jeep dealer who researched it and said I needed dual steering stabilizers. I knew that wasnt right so I read everything I could find on the issue from all kinds of form boards like this and came across the caster issue with diagrams showing why the right amount of caster is needed. I went and got adjustable lower control arms and put the caster up to six degrees. Before I did it when I would hit a bump I’d feel it in the steering wheel and it would kind of have that feeling that next is death wobble but never quite go into death wobble. After I upped the caster it was just about perfect. Only problem was my pinion was pointing down too much for my likes so I put in a pro rock unlimited and that took care of that problem. I am a big believer in the caster issue; I also came across an article that said it’s almost impossible for a vehicle to go into death wobble if you have enough caster. When I put in the pro rock I had them put a track bar mount on the axle that was up three inches and did a drag link flip. Now it steers just like stock if not better.

Don’t beat me up if someone feels I’m all wrong. Its what worked for me. Also, I’m sorry but I couldn’t tell you where any of these articles are I came across. I read so many and should have book marked them. The best way to find it is do a yahoo search for “JK bump steer after lift installed” and it will take you to all of the ones I found. Bump steer and death wobble go hand in hand.

I just want to add I have the same tire size you do and I also did the bolt kit thing in my effort to get rid of the bump steer.

 

is that a pro rock 60 or 44

 

It’s the 44. I didn’t get the 60 for two reasons. First the 60 is 3.5 inches wider than the 44. In my town the cops don’t have issue with lifts but they are sticklers about tires sticking out of the fenders and mine are already sticking out by about two inches. Second, I just purchased my rims and the 60 uses a different bolt pattern. I guess another factor that played in is my Rubicon has the switch to turn the locker on and off and the 60 doesn’t have the option to keep that feature and their 44 does so I would have had to get an ARB and plumb air hose and compressor and I like being able to just push th0e button.

 

I had a lot of the same issues. Turned out it was the front ball joints. JK ball joints are notoriously weak. I had them replaced by an offroad shop with heavy duty ball joints. Solid as when I first bought it, now. Good luck!

 

Ok well I had the tires balanced and rotated and retorqued the bolts. I drove 360 miles last night from Dallas to Amarillo and at about 300 I hit a pot hole and had the worst DW EVER I thought the axle was going to fall off. I'm trying the track bar and if that doesn't do it I'm getting rid of this thing. I love driving it but if it's this crappy forget it. My wife is already pissed I've spent this much money on it.

 

Sorry ignore my previous post... Snap some good pictures of your suspension and your front geometry, post em and we'll see if anything jumps out. who are your tires through? did they do an alignment too?

did you mess with any other piece underneath? Tie Rod, Drag Link? I hate to say it but its just going to take some patients. loosen one piece, re-torque, test drive, repeat, until you get it.. somethings just not quite in line is all.. You'll get it.