I know this has been covered a million time, but I am going to ask any ways. I have the DW and I have a list of parts I'm going to buy to try to fix this. First off, I have a '13 2 door with a 4 inch pro comp lift (was already installed) and only 9K miles. After doing a lot of reading and looking under the jeep, I have discovered that all the original owner did was install the lift. He did not fix the steering geometry nor did he install adjustable control arms or drop brackets for the control arms. I have ran through Planmans list and have found a few problems. One of the boots on the tie rod is destroyed, so I am going to replace that. The track bar bends when the wheel is turned (holes, welds all appear to be fine), there is a clunk in the drag link when the wheel is turned. Below is a list of parts I have and plan to purchase, my question is, am I missing anything? Already ordered: Northridge bolt kit AEV LCA drop bracket Synergy track bar Steering stabilizer (I know, not required) Plan to order: Yeti Tie Rod Yeti Top mount drag link flip New SS mount Synergy track bar relocation bracket

 

You are on the right track. I did this exact thing with my jeep. Everything has been replaced and it finally rides amazing.

$Thousands later, if I do start to see any changes, the tires need to be balanced and rotated.

 

What about ditching the crap lift and getting a good 2.5" lift? Then you don't need to flip the drag link. I doubt you will ever be happy so long as you have that lift on the Jeep.

 

Thanks for the good news. I'm really hoping this works, I don't want to have to throw thousands more at it unless it is stuff I want to add, not stuff to make it drivable.

 

I considered this option, but I kinda like the look of the 4 inch lift. I mean I will probably never need that much, but it's there if I do. Plus, with the tie rod being bad and the clunking in the drag link, I would have to replace those regardless. Someone gave me some bilstein 5100's, so after all this, the only thing left from that lift will be the springs. They will be gone after I recover from this mess.

 

With that being said, if I ever do decide to go to 2.5 to save my drive shafts, would the drag link flip need to be replaced?

 

Double check ball joints. That was one of my problems

 

Def going to do that.

 

As part of the flip, you add taller bumpstops to keep the new junk from smashing into the frame when a tire is stuffed. If you drop to shorter coils, you may have too much bumpstop. You will need to do some measuring.

 

thanks, I'll make sure to look into that if I go that route.