It still has a minor bow but not as pronounced as when it is flexed. I haven't noticed any performance flaws so far and I'm still waiting for my adjustable trackbars.

 

Well yours is probably something to do with the geometry of your jeep, like centering of axle, etc


I would imagine that is what my problem is to, but the dealership insists its not something they have done and that its the spring

well needless to say I am going to be pissed if the new spring doesnt fix it

I will refuse to pay any more money and they will fix my jeep before I take it again

Ill just let them keep it till its fixed.

 

any updates on your spring, is it bowed after you put in the track bars and centered the axles?

 

Ok so I got the new springs installed...... still bowed on the pass side, and NOW a tiny bit on the drivers side :(


But this comfirmed it was indeed not the springs and it was the install

yet they still charged me 94$ to do ...... nothing but make it worse it appears

I am pissed

Anyone have any suggestions on what I should do to try to fix it on my own ..... its clear that the dealership doesnt know shit and is out to make more $ and will not fix it for me

 

I gotta question for you on this. How close is the bottom of the END of the spring to the slot in the lower spring pad? If the ends of the spring are RIGHT on top of the slot, they are not installed right. The spring ends should be just BEFORE the slot. If the ends are on the slot, that might cause the bottom of the spring to cock up at an angle, because it's trying to push the spring through the slot from all the pressure. Just a thought.

 

Here are some pictures...boy am I pissed

 

Looks like in that first pic, the end of the wire is RIGHT on the slot.

 

so where should it be, could you please take pictures?

I could take that in to the dealership along with my double barrel and explain lol

 

Tell you what do. Look UNDER the spring pad at the cicled area. If the end of the spring wire is trying to protrude THROUGH the slot, I bet that's what's causing the spring to sit crooked. The spring should be rotated so that the end is NOT on the slot. Check your private messages.

 

I don't have the solution that you're looking for, but I have spent some time thinking about this.

I also know that you're pissed about this whole thing. And I think that you should be. But maybe not for the reasons that you're pissed. The reason that I'd be pissed, is because your installer doesn't know enough about suspension to be able to explain what's going on. You're getting the run around as a result. The unfortunate part here is that I don't know enough about suspension to explain it either. I have some thoughts that I haven't seen in this thread yet, so I thought I'd post on up. Please don't get mad at me, I'm really just trying to offer up what I've observed on the JK. But, you may not want to here some of my opinion.

It's common for springs to bow out (a bit). When I think about it, it sort of makes sense. When a Jeep is flexing, the axles rotate around an axis at the center of the axle. Since I've seen springs bow out on several lifts, maybe designers design some bow into the spring. It certainly makes more sense than having the springs bow in.

I've tried to figure out what would influence the bow in the spring. I can think of several factors, but one stands out. I'd think that the biggest influence would be how the shape of the bottom of the spring fits into the shape of the lower spring mount on the axle. We need to figure out what is different between the two sides. It's either the shape of the last few inches of the bottom of the springs, or the spring mounts on the axle. This given, a simple way to test whether or not, it's the spring or the spring mount, would be to switch the springs. If you switch the springs and the bow is still on the passenger side, then you know that the difference is the spring mount on the axle. With all the work that you've had done, I have to conclude that the issue is with the factory JK parts and not your suspension. I know that the X factory in my argument is the installer. I've installed a couple of suspensions, and this much I know. The OME installation is simple and there is very little influence that an installer has. It appears to me that you've verified that the installation is correct. As previously noted by another JK forum member, the caster may be effecting this also.

With all this said. My passenger side spring is bowed as indicated in the picture below. My Driver's side springs is bowed less. I've wheeled the heck out of it and I don't have any problems.

I'd find a local that knows what he's doing. Have him look at your fully flexed rig and make sure that everything looks okay, then go wheelin.