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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 12:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Biggy
Lol just something i read on here before. Try searching the subject. I believe wol even gave that advise. I may be wrong though
I have read that too. One of the swaybar link's sold by NorthRridge4X4 even state's that you can use it for that reason in it's info.

Off Road Evolution JK EVO HD SwayBar EndLinks (1036)
EVO HD SwayBar EndLinks are made of solid hex bar and are adjustable in length. They come with 1/2" studded Teflon lined rod ends, 3/4" hex bar linkage and all necessary hardware. Sold in set of two complete links.

Offered in lengths ranging from 5.5" to 15.9" Use these to beef up a very important component of your suspension system.

These also can be used to help alleviate leaning to one side which is a common problem on many vehicles.
(Note: If the links you need measure to be within the length gap, use the larger size)

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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 04:14 PM
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Excellent input. Thank you all for the help. The lean is defintely more severe with a full tank. That's funny.
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 05:03 PM
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Something else is wrong. Make sure your coils are all sitting where they should be and you have all of the correct spacers/isolators installed properly.
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Old Oct 24, 2011 | 05:24 PM
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Almost all of the JKs lean a bit to the right. It's a JK thing. You can use the adjustable sway bar link to help fix this.
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Old Oct 25, 2011 | 03:39 AM
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Originally Posted by aermotor
Besides swapping the springs don't do anything else suggested...... Find and fix the real problem. How much of a lean are we talking about?
The real problem is that the gas tank is on the pass side. The added wieght of that fuel is what causes the lean. That is the real problem, nothing else.

To try to offset the problem of the weight of a full tank of gas, I put my heavy recovery items in the left rear of my JKU to help with that. It did seem to help balance the Jeep out and I will do the same when I pick up my new JKU on Friday to try to prevent that lean from the get go now that I know about it. Try to stop it before it starts.

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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 07:00 AM
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My four door has close to a 1" lean now, it's very obvious following it. I don't believe longer swaybar links is the fix. I might switch springs but I don't think a person should have to be rotating these either. The lifts been on since early 2008. Has anyone run different height spacers from one side to the other.
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 09:14 AM
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There must be a vendor out there somewhere that wants to sell me something to fix this.
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 10:12 AM
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I just installed a set of JKS ACOS on the front to take care of the problem
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Old Oct 26, 2011 | 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by Alaska-HWY JK
My four door has close to a 1" lean now, it's very obvious following it. I don't believe longer swaybar links is the fix. I might switch springs but I don't think a person should have to be rotating these either. The lifts been on since early 2008. Has anyone run different height spacers from one side to the other.
Thanks.
Yes, I run a 1" TF spacer on the right rear (ome lift, heavy front coils, light rear coils soon to be heavy rear) to get close to leveling things out within ~1/4" or so. Adjusting rear sway link would not cut it. No spacer on left rear and I have the 1/2" OME front spacers that came with the lift.
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Old Nov 18, 2011 | 04:01 PM
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Anyone else have an obvious lean and fixed it?
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