Traction question
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Traction question
I have 35s Mickey Thompson on my 07jk 2 door. I have noticed it some before, but noticed it a lot this weekend when i went camping and had to drive through the mountains. When i make turns in any gear if i turn to sharp the tires start to like jump and the traction light flashes. Any ideas?
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Your vehicle computer thinks you are in a slide and is using the ESP to stop it.
Either your steering wheel is not exactly centered, or your axles are not centered under your rig, or you had enough weight in the rear that the rig is nose up in the front, or your tires were aired down enough that the rig thought it was in a slide, etc., etc.
If it never did it before, I'd say your steering wheel is now off center due to having bent the tie rod or drag link while wheeling.
Just straiten the steering wheel, and you should be fine. The do it yourself alignment write-up is in the write-up section here and on project-jk.com.
Either your steering wheel is not exactly centered, or your axles are not centered under your rig, or you had enough weight in the rear that the rig is nose up in the front, or your tires were aired down enough that the rig thought it was in a slide, etc., etc.
If it never did it before, I'd say your steering wheel is now off center due to having bent the tie rod or drag link while wheeling.
Just straiten the steering wheel, and you should be fine. The do it yourself alignment write-up is in the write-up section here and on project-jk.com.
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Yo, bro you may just have to much air pressure.....We I dirve your JK the other night it felt great to me. I dont think you have anything bent. Check your pressure,Im running 28-30 PSI in my Pro Comps. Let me know if I can help, we will try and get to the bottom of this. 
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There's a particular freeway exit here that is a sharp U-Turn going down a hill and every time I do it my car tries to kill me. I though something was wrong until I read and found out it's the ESP trying to "help" me out cause it thinks I'm under-steering or something. So now on that exit I press the ESP button and it doesn't happen anymore.
You'll have to judge for yourself if you want a computer telling you how to drive in certain situations or not. I'm trying to get the Full Off ESP Switch Mod to work but can't find the right wire in my 2007 Sahara without pulling the center console.
You'll have to judge for yourself if you want a computer telling you how to drive in certain situations or not. I'm trying to get the Full Off ESP Switch Mod to work but can't find the right wire in my 2007 Sahara without pulling the center console.