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Old Aug 19, 2009 | 07:55 PM
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i have an 08 jk with a 4.5 inch bds lift with daystar inch and 3/4 coil spacers I bought a procomp adj front track bar 4wheel drive hardware told me that procomp used on there 6 inch kits. I put it on and now i have really bad bump steer. does anyone know if procomp uses a drop pitman arm on there kits or do they just use the factory pitman arm because mine has the drop pitman arm from bds and im thinking that is why im having this problem
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Old Aug 19, 2009 | 07:58 PM
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If your track bar and drag link are not parallel, you will have bumpsteer.
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Old Aug 19, 2009 | 07:59 PM
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If you have a drop pitman, you need a drop bracket for the track bar.

Or put the stock pitman back on with just the adj track bar , no bracket. But it would be better to go ahead and get a track bar drop bracket and leave the drop pitman on. That puts it closer to stock.

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Old Aug 19, 2009 | 08:05 PM
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Could you take a pic of the front underside of your jeep, so we can see exactly what you got?
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Old Aug 19, 2009 | 08:37 PM
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its dark out now but ill try to get some up tom after work but the track bar at the frame is up higher than where the drag link is on the pitman arm it almost looks like if i had the stock pitman arm on it would be parallel do you guys know what procomp does with there kits because its the track bar they use in there 6 inch lift
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Old Aug 19, 2009 | 08:48 PM
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I'm not for certain about all the components, but it doesn't look like the procomp comes with a drop pitman.
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Old Aug 19, 2009 | 08:52 PM
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ya it didnt look like it came with one ill get some pics up tom after work and im going to call procomp and see what they do in there kit thanks for the help
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Old Aug 19, 2009 | 08:52 PM
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It's hard to draw on here but does your drag link and trk bar look like this

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or more like this


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It's not quite as a steep angle but you get the idea.
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Old Aug 19, 2009 | 08:55 PM
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Your welcome,your right the best thing to do is call them and make sure before you start buying stuff you may or may not need.
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Old Aug 20, 2009 | 04:18 PM
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I called pro comp and they told me that they use a drop bracket and a new steering knuckle I dont know what im going to do now maybe just go back to just 4.5 inches of lift
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