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Old Jul 15, 2012 | 12:34 PM
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Describe your definition of bumpsteer as best you can. In other words, tell us what your jeep is actually doing on a smooth road and when hitting bumps.
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Old Jul 15, 2012 | 02:39 PM
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Originally Posted by RacerXS

It will not fix the pulling to the left, that will only be fixed if you get rid of the Bilstein stabilizer, or go with the double unit shown above.

What the upper control arms will do is reduce your bump steer greatly, which is why the OP upgraded the stabilizer in the first place.
Yes, this Is what I meant by placing your control arms with adjustable control arms
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Old Jul 15, 2012 | 06:19 PM
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Originally Posted by mkjeep
Describe your definition of bumpsteer as best you can. In other words, tell us what your jeep is actually doing on a smooth road and when hitting bumps.
Honestly it drove fine until I would get on the highway at speeds over 65mph or more. I was traveling from Iowa to Montana and noticed when I hit a bump in the road my steeering became a little twitchy. I bought the jeep already lifed ( 4'' inch RC) with 35 inch tires. The guy who sold it to me said his wife hated it. ( It had 35 inch Nito muds when I first got it, really loud) , Once I swiched out to a bilstien, twitch is gone, but pulls to the left
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Old Jul 15, 2012 | 06:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Rockroaster
Yes, this Is what I meant by placing your control arms with adjustable control arms
Thanks for all of your comments, I will get rid of the Bilstein and order the adj control arms. I don’t have a garage here in Montana but when I get home I will definitely look at changing to 9/16 bolts

Great looking Jeeps by the way
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Old Jul 15, 2012 | 06:35 PM
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Originally Posted by papadoc
Honestly it drove fine until I would get on the highway at speeds over 65mph or more. I was traveling from Iowa to Montana and noticed when I hit a bump in the road my steeering became a little twitchy. I bought the jeep already lifed ( 4'' inch RC) with 35 inch tires. The guy who sold it to me said his wife hated it. ( It had 35 inch Nito muds when I first got it, really loud) , Once I swiched out to a bilstien, twitch is gone, but pulls to the left
A little late, but should have gotten a FOX stabilizer, it's pressurized but does not pull at all. Made a huge difference for me over the stock stabilizer (which was new). Plus I have adjustable control arms, that didn't fix it either. BTW I have 35 X 12.5 inch BFG's and steel wheels. I know there are those that think no stabilizer or stock will work just as good, I'm here to tell you that just isn't true.
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Old Dec 22, 2012 | 10:17 PM
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hello guys,
right now i have a 2'' lift with fox shocks 2.0 and i have a fox steering stablizer. my jeep pulls to the left also and i seriously dont know what to do. shall i install the stock stabilizer or what shall i do?
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Old Dec 23, 2012 | 03:58 PM
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Originally Posted by AhmedJK
hello guys,
right now i have a 2'' lift with fox shocks 2.0 and i have a fox steering stablizer. my jeep pulls to the left also and i seriously dont know what to do. shall i install the stock stabilizer or what shall i do?
Those shocks are gas charged and known to pull to the right. If it bothers you that bad then going back to stock will correct it
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Old Dec 23, 2012 | 06:57 PM
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Originally Posted by AhmedJK
hello guys,
right now i have a 2'' lift with fox shocks 2.0 and i have a fox steering stablizer. my jeep pulls to the left also and i seriously dont know what to do. shall i install the stock stabilizer or what shall i do?
Yep, the Fox stabilizers cause a pull to one side. When I bought mine the local shop took out some of the pressure (from Fox it had about 65psi and they lowered it to 30psi). This helped ever so slightly but it still pulls. Nothing you can do other than running duals or get a stabilizer that isn't pressurized.
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Old Dec 23, 2012 | 07:23 PM
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I recently installed a fox steering stabilizer on my rig and I'm not noticing any pull thus far, or maybe so little I don't notice. But I'm also not running big tires at the current moment (285/70/17), well see how it handles after I set up to 35 trail grapplers next week.
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Old Dec 23, 2012 | 07:34 PM
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Originally Posted by papadoc
I was having a little problem with my new jeep having a little bump steer. I put on a bilstein steering stabilizer with notable difference, however now I get a pull to the left. Any solutions?
get an oem stbilizer, dont use one, use opposing gas charged stabilizers, get the new fox through-shaft stabilizer.
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