WOL!!!

Could the caster angle have anything to do with it!

I wasn't saying that a dropped arm is bad just have seen many failures with them!

I was under the impression that if you have an axle side bracket that lifts the trackbar on the axle side you do not need a dropped arm?

Never mind just caught what I said carry on I am a dumb ass!

 

too little caster would cause flightiness at highway speeds and if you started to get into the 0 to negative range, yeah, it would effect handling too. depending on what exactly the OP is feeling, perhaps this might be something that should be looked at.

yeah, they aren't the greatest to have and i only have one to help address the height of my jeep. fwiw, i've managed to trash a sector shaft with a stock pitman arm and just running 35's. when you drive fast in the desert and hit a rock, bad things can happen

as you have already figured out, the bracket only addresses the track bar. you still need to address the draglink with a flip kit or dropped pitman arm.

 

no flightiness issues, i did have them when i first got it, but after new trackbar, ball joints, tie rod ends, alignment, balancing, blah, blah, blah the flightiness issue went away - was way scary before that - i think otherwise the handling seems to be pretty good - even the mechanic at the dealership (recall work) said it drove better than most stocks he works on -- everything is torqued to specs too and I check them at least once a month


no deserts around here just some crappy roads to contend with here and there

i'll stick with the drop pitman for now

 

fwiw, plus I said I would add this:

both the trackbar and the drag link both showed 7 degrees - all in all pretty parallel

now the pics, starting from passenger side to driver side:

the relocation bracket I was referring to:


showing the tb and the drag link from the side looking from passenger to driver side:


showing them from the front:


showing tb attached (what looks to be stock attachment) frame side:


thx again for the help!

 

Fast fwd a few months... This past weekend I was finally able to install new currie 8 arm adj CAs this weekend. In doing so I was also able to address all the wallowed holes on the CA brackets, remove the use of cam bolts, and have everything fit nice and snug.

The main point of this effort was to address a wobble issue that has persisted for a while. This definitely took care of this issue.

Anyhow, back to the topic - it also helped with my bump steer which now seems to be eliminated. Also took care of another issue related to pulling left and right during acceleration and deceleration I had posted about in another thread.