when i lifted my jeep last year i understood and accepted that my axels would be shifted out about 3/4 of an inch or so ( 2.5 teraflex bb) no problem there . but what i never considered until this morning is that the control arms must be in somewhat of a bind in order for the lateral movement to occur . am i wrong here ? i know they can flex somewhat by way of bushings twisting but still .not a good thought as the first thing when this crossed my mind is premature wear or breakage as there is already stress placed on the arms . what are yalls thoughts and has anyone had any issues in a short period of time ? also am i wrong about this , but i dont see how they arent in a twist so to speak

 

If the control arms are still mounted in the stock locations the axle should of shifted in. I dont see it causing any more of less of a bind on the control arms themselves.

 

the control arms are stock and im same position but the axles shift out due to the track bar pulling them over . hell im confused .the axles def shift outward so there must be movement of the control arms because they are there to keep the axle in position to begin with

 

Are you experiencing any issues? I wish I had read this post a little earlier. I was just under my jeep putting on a SS relocation bracket and had the trackbar disconnected. I wouldve moved the chassis around and seen what effect it had on the control arms(if they moved very much with the variances of chassis movement in relation to the axles). I have adj trackbars, so never bothered to think about this. I don't wanna mess with the draglink again today so I will let yall figure this one out

 

no issues whatsoever , just curious as hell after i thought about it and wondered if others had issues , the way i see it it almost has to wear the bushings out faster

 

Your thinking as described in the first post is correct. The control arms do get displaced to the side a little.
Lots of people have lifted their Jeeps, but I don't see any posts about the rubber bushings having a shorter life span because of it.

A more important issue is that the control arms/track bar bolts are not tightened until the Jeep is resting on the tires. This will prevent a much worse twisting of the bushings when the Jeep is at rest on the ground.

 

thanks ron as always good info from you . i didnt tighten anything until it was resting on ground . good to hear no issues with bushing wear . thanks man