I had the dealer install an AEV Dualsport 2.5XT lift and geometry correction brackets on 2014 JKU Rubi before I took delivery Now the jeep pulls to the right on the freeway.
It was fine before lift when i drove on freeway in stock form for test drive. What are the first things I should examine as possible causes? dont trust dealership to make it right. essentially they sucked in so many ways during the buying process.
Thanks.

 

I completely feel your pain about rather fixing it yourself instead of letting the dealer &^% with it. However, the only parts in that kit that should affect your alignment in any way are the track bars. And I don't think there's any adjusting as far as the kit goes.

In this case, I would take it back so they can throw it on the alignment rack and make it right. Or, some tire/wheel places will charge you a small amount to throw it on the rack and you can make the adjustments, which in your case would only be toe but you might have other issues that could fall under warranty and thus lead you back to the stealership anyway.

All that said, if you went with new tires, etc. then you could check for equal psi.

 

Yep, AEV lifts have a bunch of brackets, so an alignment shop can't really adjust the caster or camber, or center the axles. They can adjust the toe, but the lift itself should not have affected this.

So I'll second the question on whether you got new tires as well. Different psi's might cause it, and there are occasional threads talking about 'radial pull' being somewhat common in certain tires.

-- and looking at your sig line, I see the answer. I don't recall reading any threads about radial pull with those, but maybe someone else will comment on it.

 

yeah im running the Goodyear MT/R in 34 inch size. I have not done the chalk test on these yet but i aired down to 32 psi. chalk test will probably push me lower to 30-ish. ( I run 29 psi in my 2008 JK on 35s)
In all I only have 140 miles on the 2014 JKU ( only had it 1 week) so I have some tweaks to make still on finding the right PSI. may also run it by an alignment shop after I visually inspect dealerships install job against AEVs instructions and retorque everything.

 

Hill, whereabouts are you in hill country? My old man's in Spring Branch.

 

Does it have a nitrogen charged SS? It could be pushing the steering to the right.

 

well i lived in Marble Falls for 9 years but I sold my ranch there last month. Im having a house built in Bee Cave but cant move in until next year. So Im spending the winter in Vancouver , WA. Been raining almost 2 weeks straight. Bleh.
Normally I do my own wrenching, including lift installs, but my tools are in storage back in Texas so I paid dealer to do it.

 

Got a brother living in Spanish Oaks right near the mall in Bee Cave, seems like a nice area of Austin to be in. (and Austin seems like a nice part of the state to be in... )

 

I would loosen the control arm and track bar hardware and torque it all to spec with weight on wheels. Check toe with a tape measure.

 

I also had significant challenged with my "dealer installed" 2.5" AEV on my 2013. It handled horribly. Different symptoms than yours but I had two issues.

The caster was wrong. I ended up moving the control arms to the center hole ( more caster) on the geolocation brackets and it helped tremendously. Per the AEV instructions, I measured the amount of lift in the front and I got 3.25". According to the instructions that needed to be in the center. I also got an alignment done and the toe in was WAY off. Even though they told me they did an alignment and it was good. Of course when I asked for the printer alignment sheet, they could not produce it. After those two things, it drove great.