I recently had a 2" Teraflex Leveling Kit and 1.25" Hubcentric Wheel Spacers installed on my 08 Sahara JKU. Today, I noticed that the front passenger side tire seems not to be perfectly straight when looking from the front. I included pictures that may help you see what I mean. I had the spacers checked after 200 miles when they were installed and I know they are on there good and tight. I thought it may just need an alignment, but it doesn't drift, it just seems like the bottom of the front passenger tire is pushed out farther than the top. Just wondering if anyone had any thoughts on what this could be, how to correct it, if it's safe, or if it's just my imagination running wild? Thanks.

 

Pic 2 of 4, where the swaybar link connects to the swaybar doesn't look right to me.... why is it on such an angle with a gap between the bushing and swaybar?

 

I agree, that was one of the first things I noticed when I got it back from the shop. The drivers side looks perfect while the passenger side seems off center. Would this be something that would make the tire look like it does?

 

No, it has nothing to do with the angle of the tire. It is something that should be addressed though. The angle of your tire has to do with your tie rod most likely. They need to do an alignment. When they put everything on, they didn't adjust properly. This is something you should get fixed soon and not put a lot of miles on the way it is because it will cause your tires to wear unevenly

 

Thank you very much for your quick and helpful response. I am gonna take it to my shop today.

 

Could be an issue where they adjusted the drag link to straighten the steering wheel? I would just get an alignment.

 

Just got it back from the shop. Tire rotation, alignment, and sway bar link straightened. Looks ok to me. The mechanic mentioned something about hub centric rings? Does anyone know anything about them?

 

nice to have, but not a necessary item.

 

I can't find them anywhere. Does anyone know where to get them?

 

https://www.jk-forum.com/forums/modi...entric-231735/

I went the hub centric wheel (Two manufacturers I believe have wheels for the JK ) route to have a proper setup because my old school mind is still stuck in the 80's/90's. I remember as far back as highschool and my Mech teacher talking about Lug and Hub centric wheels and how hub takes the load and lets the lugs do the clamping force. Lug centric allthough fine have the lugs take the weight and clamping force. As long as they are run down centered AND TORQUED EVENLY (I.E no impact wrench) there are no issues.

The rings .. "hub centric rings are manufactured so that when they are installed on a vehicle, the wheels are located directly off of the centre flange of the brake drum or rotor. This is done to insure that the outer beads of the wheel are concentric with the wheel bearings. The result is a much truer, better balanced tire/wheel assembly. This is very important with modern high tech suspension systems."


Wheel Rings