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Jeep Wrangler JK
JK General Discussion
Jeep Wrangler JKU with 3.5" lift hard to keep straight on the highway
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<blockquote data-quote="Duster" data-source="post: 450160" data-attributes="member: 20812"><p>There is a lot of good advice here. My very first thought though, with any significant lift, is to look at the parallelism between the track bar and the drag link. They should be pretty close to parallel, and stay that way as the jeep rocks and sways on turns. If they aren't close to parallel, then the steering can be badly behaved. </p><p></p><p>That should be parallel <em>or slightly elevated.</em> You want a fair amount angle to remain at full extension of the shock. If if the link and the sway bar arm assume a near straight line when the shock is fully extended, as it recovers the link can invert and push the sway bar end down and forward, which a bad thing. There is a reason there is a electronic sway bar disconnect on the newer Rubicons. The original owner of my Rubi added quick disconnect links so they can disconnected with a pliers. Then bailing wire or zip ties to tie the link up out of the way. Just reconnect once you're back on good roads.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Duster, post: 450160, member: 20812"] There is a lot of good advice here. My very first thought though, with any significant lift, is to look at the parallelism between the track bar and the drag link. They should be pretty close to parallel, and stay that way as the jeep rocks and sways on turns. If they aren't close to parallel, then the steering can be badly behaved. That should be parallel [I]or slightly elevated.[/I] You want a fair amount angle to remain at full extension of the shock. If if the link and the sway bar arm assume a near straight line when the shock is fully extended, as it recovers the link can invert and push the sway bar end down and forward, which a bad thing. There is a reason there is a electronic sway bar disconnect on the newer Rubicons. The original owner of my Rubi added quick disconnect links so they can disconnected with a pliers. Then bailing wire or zip ties to tie the link up out of the way. Just reconnect once you're back on good roads. [/QUOTE]
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Jeep Wrangler JK
JK General Discussion
Jeep Wrangler JKU with 3.5" lift hard to keep straight on the highway
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