So, took my jeep on an old logging trail last week and after stumps and trees, my steering feels all messed up. When coming out of a turn at slow speeds the wheels are very jerky when returning to center. My jeep is at the dealership as we speak and they are installing new ball joints upper and lower on both sides for $600 because there is some slight play in them but they, by their own admission do not know if this will solve the problem. Does anyone have any ideas on this? I'm running 1.75" daystar coil spacers, 4.5" offset steel wheels and 33" tires if that has any bearing... thanks

 

It is not your ball joints. sounds like your front wheels are toed incorrectly. An alignment will tell the tale. They are trying to fix your vehicle by throwing YOUR money at it. As a professional auto repairman I'd get it out of there.....

 

You may have bent your track-bar ... did they check that?

 

What TinMan said!

 

unfortunately, the ball joint job is already in progress and now their telling me that my left axle joint is "toast", but they can't locate one, 2-3 days at best. They don't want to put it back together as that would be additional labor costs so I will just assume the position until this is over and more than likely will still have the same issue I went in with...

 

so, they replaced my ball joints and my issues started again, my toe is visibly off again. What would cause this? Is there a part that's worn that's loosening?

 

tie-rod bent?

 

Life Lesson #1............NEVER take your rig to the dealer unless it's for warranty work...!!!

 

What AK4Dave said

 

crawl under and take a look. if not, take it to a reputable or recommended shop so they can inspect it, get a quote for what they see wrong and report back. you may be able to fix yourself...if not let'm fix it for you

DONT EVER go to the dealership for something you damaged yourself.