What going on here?
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JK Enthusiast
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From: somewhere,somewhere
Sounds like you have more going on then is thought. Have you had the Jeep since new or buy it pre-owned? Looks like a sizeable spacer lift to be running stock control arms, etc with the squirreliness being a major sign. Did you install the lift? Another concern is with the stability control light on you may get yourself into an unexpected situation since the Jeep already thinking it is about to spin and that will be exacerbated when you turn harder one way or the other which will now further induce the system to apply the anti lock braking possibly leading to a crash as you won't have the braking power you need. My daughters jeep was just hit, the wheel is a half turn out at least and she had that exact situation happen I just described and fortunately she didn't hit anything. I would have to say you have got to have a really bent component under there somewhere and with that axle off that much I can't imagine your Jeep isn't crabbing down the road. The thing is you're not going to know how bad since you can't tell how much your actaully adjusting the steering wheel driving since the steering wheel is already upside down. Get it looked at.
Don't be talkin all crazy like that, I have enough stress lmao I got the Jeep pre owned, had floyds down in Alabama do the spacer lift (ex got it as a gift) they said it was a pain in the ass but it's been over 2 or 3 years since then. I did have a problem burning out the inside of the driver side tire but since replacing track bar up front it wasn't as bad but still persisted until I completely replaced everything and now it seems to have stoped. Iv been watching the tire and everything seems even. As for the ESP thing I will get it fixed asap but so far haven't had any issues with turning, matter fact it almost seems disabled
JK Freak
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From: Enumclaw,WA
Measure the far outer of the axle tubes - or inner c's. Don't measure the tire - if your steering wheel is just slightly - and you have low offset wheels, this will be exaggerated.
JK Junkie
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From: The Dirty South
You really need to measure all the arms. And straighten your steering wheel. It only takes 10 minutes.
Basic Do-it-Yourself Jeep JK Wrangler Front End Alignment
Is the driver upper CA straight and the passenger bent? Hard to tell from the picture but on my '14 they were both straight as you can see from the picture of my take-offs.
Basic Do-it-Yourself Jeep JK Wrangler Front End Alignment
Is the driver upper CA straight and the passenger bent? Hard to tell from the picture but on my '14 they were both straight as you can see from the picture of my take-offs.
Last edited by 14Sport; Oct 17, 2016 at 02:50 AM.
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JK Enthusiast
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From: somewhere,somewhere
You really need to measure all the arms. And straighten your steering wheel. It only takes 10 minutes. Basic Do-it-Yourself Jeep JK Wrangler Front End Alignment Is the driver upper CA straight and the passenger bent? Hard to tell from the picture but on my '14 they were both straight as you can see from the picture of my take-offs.
JK Junkie
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From: The Dirty South
Cut it off and weld on a new one. Go heavy duty with it at the same time.
That doesn't look like a 2" variance to me so you may have more going on.
Jeep JK HD Lower Control Arm Mounts
That doesn't look like a 2" variance to me so you may have more going on.
Jeep JK HD Lower Control Arm Mounts
Last edited by 14Sport; Oct 18, 2016 at 04:14 AM.
JK Enthusiast
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From: Traverse city MI
Originally Posted by AJ_
Found the issue... drivers side lower control arm mount is bent.. a few months ago this lady cut me off and forced me into the curb on the median... so my next question is wtf do I do now??
JK Junkie
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From: Bunnlevel, NC
Cut it off and weld on a new one. Go heavy duty with it at the same time.
Jeep JK HD Lower Control Arm Mounts
That doesn't look like a 2" variance to me so you may have more going on.
Jeep JK HD Lower Control Arm Mounts
That doesn't look like a 2" variance to me so you may have more going on.
JK Freak
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From: Enumclaw,WA
I mangled mine when I rear ended a vw bug. Pushed my axle back a few inches on the drivers side - had to cut it off, weld on new ones, and got adjustable LCA's to get caster in check.
I bet that's where the additional distance is from. The frame mount didn't look like it would cause it to be off that much - bet the arm is tweaked and bushing is f'd up.
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From: Shelby County, TN
I'm assuming a lot of my problems are coming from this coil spring spacers. The only variable I see is the drive shaft. It's the only thing I can see pulling the drivers side back. It drives meh, pretty squirrelly whenever there are lines in the road and some steering wheel play. Esp and abs lights are on but I assumed it was from the steering wheel being upside down
R/
Will