Originally Posted by 16blackUS

Alright guys, thanks for all your help and advice. Update as of this morning I actually drove the Jeep to work for the first time! AEV drop brackets are installed, changed track bar to the Rough Country adjustable, went back to stock pitman arm with Yeti no drill drag link flip. I still have to install the Yeti HD tie rod assembly tomorrow. It drives so much better now. Nothing, and I mean nothing, was torqued to spec in the steering system. Some were way over and many bolts were way under torqued. The pitman arm fell off immediately once I hit the puller with the impact and I was expecting a fight. Luckily no holes were wallowed out from all the movement, but a couple bushings were showing damage. It was worth the money to upgrade all of the components and next onto gears and led headlights. Thanks again for all the advice and I learned more about my Jeep than I could have imagined the day I bought it.

Originally Posted by resharp001

Did you remove the cam bolts as well when adding the drop brackets?

There are applications where "tight enough" might be good enough, but steering components is NOT one of them. Good grief, sounds like previous installer wasn't all that concerned about that.

Best way to learn and understand this stuff is to get under there and do the work yourself........and should you ever have a future issue, now you'll be that much more informed on where to look and how to tackle it.