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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 02:38 AM
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I bought my JK with a 3.5 skyjacker lift already installed. While driving the ESP will kick in *mainly in curves*. Did a search and found that most are saying to straighten the wheel. Mine the wheel looks to be straight so I'm wondering what else could it be?
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 02:48 AM
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I would check the toe-in here is the link

http://project-jk.com/jeep-jk-write-...-end-alignment
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 04:58 AM
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When I installed my lift I thought the steering wheel was straight but it took several adjustments and road trips to get it dialed in.
Check your tire pressure. I know it sounds too simple but my tires got low and the esp would kick in when making turns.
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 05:06 AM
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when you are saying your esp bas light comes on? or the car with squigly lines? also another question while we are on the subject i was told to turn off esp all time with a lift so i did that because on turns it will kick in or whatnot... is this true or am I able to turn esp back on?
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 06:32 AM
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Originally Posted by brandonbooth
when you are saying your esp bas light comes on? or the car with squigly lines? also another question while we are on the subject i was told to turn off esp all time with a lift so i did that because on turns it will kick in or whatnot... is this true or am I able to turn esp back on?

yeah the light comes on and you can feel the brakes working on the front wheels. kinda hairy in a wet corner it'll make you checkup real quick. think i need to take it into a shop let them do a line up job see if it helps any.
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 09:43 AM
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wells i took it to the shop after i made a run to Rusty's Offroad had to pickup a set of these


guy at the shop said they would need them to get everything right. should get it back in a couple hours see if it helped.

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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 09:55 AM
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Originally Posted by EXTREMEG
wells i took it to the shop after i made a run to Rusty's Offroad had to pickup a set of these


guy at the shop said they would need them to get everything right. should get it back in a couple hours see if it helped.
dont let them use cam bolts, save yourself the headace and buy adjustable control arms
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 10:04 AM
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You know, I was in the shop the other day and the tech told me the same thing about the cam bolts.
He obviously didn't recognize that the control arms were adjustable, even after I mentioned it to him
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 10:08 AM
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Mine needed a little more caster to eliminate the problem.
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Old Jan 5, 2009 | 12:27 PM
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well it turned out great the lineup with the new LCA bolts worked.


might upgrade to a adjustable LCA later on when i get some $ in my pocket.
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