Lower Control Arms..
JK Jedi
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From: texarkana,tx
I had a 2" BB that I thought drove well, but when I got my teraflex lift that gave me like 3 more inches it had adj. control arms... and putting them on made my jeep drive soooooo much better. between that and the adj. track arms this thing is fantastic! I can't even make my ESP light come on anymore hardly. So I think, maybe it could help you as long as the length of the arm is short enough to not give you too much caster when fully collapsed.
I would think vibration and "feel" from the road transmitting through the steering wheel would more likely be from the tires. what pressure do you have in your tires? The control arms will help more with "flighty" feel and "wandering" . My opinion is that you will benefit from them if they are not too long. All above is just my opinion though. I am no expert. WOL is though!
maybe you don't believe me? or maybe you don't like what I say? Maybe since it is not the fix to one specific problem, I am wrong? I dunno... but just in case you did not see what I said, and you are interested I bold-ed it. I think it could help you, couldn't hurt unless they are too long.IMO
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JK Jedi
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maybe you don't believe me? or maybe you don't like what I say? Maybe since it is not the fix to one specific problem, I am wrong? I dunno... but just in case you did not see what I said, and you are interested I bold-ed it. I think it could help you, couldn't hurt unless they are too long.IMO
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adjustable control arms will allow you to add more positive caster and this will change the angle of your pinion. being that you are still running factory drive shafts, this will not be a problem. if you were running an aftermarket u-joint style shaft, the increase in angle could result in driveline vibrations.
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JK Jedi
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adjustable control arms will allow you to add more positive caster and this will change the angle of your pinion. being that you are still running factory drive shafts, this will not be a problem. if you were running an aftermarket u-joint style shaft, the increase in angle could result in driveline vibrations.
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JK Jedi
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Forgive me for all the questions but I am new to all this. How come Id be okay with the stock shaft but not with an aftermarket if the angle will be changing on both?
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because the stock shafts use a cv joint at the output shaft instead of a double cardin and it will not vibrate even if more caster is set on a relatively stock height jk. vibrations are what causes the pinion to leak or worse and since you have a stock shaft, it should not vibrate.
Last edited by wayoflife; Mar 7, 2009 at 11:50 PM.
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JK Jedi
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because the stock shafts use a cv joint at the output shaft instead of a double cardin and it will not vibrate even if more caster is set on a relatively stock height jk. vibrations are what causes the pinion to leak or worse and since you have a stock shaft, it will should vibrate.
Also will more positive caster bring the drag link closer to the tie rod?
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it's late and i made a typo. it should have read "it should not vibrate" as in, you are good to go.
no. if you go outside and look at your jeep, you will see that the drag link and tie rod are attached to the same knuckle. as more caster is added, both will move at the same time and together.
Also will more positive caster bring the drag link closer to the tie rod?