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Hit an obstaclel in a JK

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Old Dec 6, 2014 | 04:45 PM
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Have a 2011 JK that i will be trading in on the 2014 if I go for it. Hit an obstacle in the road and now the steer wheel is 90* off center but going straight down the road. Traction control is lite up. Going to have it check out at the end of the week. Was told possible drag link, pit-man arm or steering box. Any one have this happen? Possible of cost to repair?
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Old Dec 6, 2014 | 07:23 PM
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I did - bent a nice arc in my draglink. Wasn't that noticeable but enough to turn my steering wheel about 90
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Old Dec 7, 2014 | 01:30 AM
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A wrench and 5 minutes of your time. (unless you bent something. But you can still straighten the steering wheel)

Go up to the JK Writeups area, click the Index link at the top. Now scroll down - (these links are still broke) - so scroll down to either the steering or troubleshooting areas, find the Basic Do It Yourself Alignment writeup. Click the green link under the picture.
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Old Dec 7, 2014 | 02:16 AM
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Having an uncentered steering wheel will cause the traction control light to light up.
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Old Dec 7, 2014 | 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted by BDT.jeep
Have a 2011 JK that i will be trading in on the 2014 if I go for it. Hit an obstacle in the road and now the steer wheel is 90* off center but going straight down the road. Traction control is lite up. Going to have it check out at the end of the week. Was told possible drag link, pit-man arm or steering box. Any one have this happen? Possible of cost to repair?
If the steering wheel is off center the traction control light will go off. If you have it too far off center it will constantly try to fight your steering by applying the brakes and such, massive PIA.

As long as it is not really bent, you could simply straighten the wheel and keep on trucking. Here is a good write up on straightening the wheel. Only difference is when I had my stock drag link, no way I could turn it by hand and usually used a pipe wrench after loosening the bolts: Basic Do-it-Yourself Jeep JK Wrangler Front End Alignment
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