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Jeep Wrangler JK
JK General Discussion
Terrible driving death
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<blockquote data-quote="Vman" data-source="post: 444637" data-attributes="member: 22091"><p>Do you have a place/garage to work on it? </p><p></p><p>If so I'd drop the axle on some jack stands and pull it all apart. Check your tires for play to rule out hubs and ball joints on the knuckles before you take them off.</p><p></p><p>Remove the tie rod, drag link and trackbar. Check all the ball joints. When I did mine the ball joint on one end of my tie rod and one of the drag link ball joints were flopping all over the place.</p><p></p><p>Removing everything not only allows you to check the ball joints, but also the bolt holes that could get wallowed out or are just loose.</p><p></p><p>It's worth the time to drop the sway bar and links and check those too, and the bushings which are usually worn out.</p><p></p><p>Check for play in your pitman arm.</p><p></p><p>This gives you room to check your control arms. Not sure what kind of lift you have, but if it's RC, those control arm bushings disintegrate after 5k miles from what I've seen. They're cheap, but they don't last long.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vman, post: 444637, member: 22091"] Do you have a place/garage to work on it? If so I'd drop the axle on some jack stands and pull it all apart. Check your tires for play to rule out hubs and ball joints on the knuckles before you take them off. Remove the tie rod, drag link and trackbar. Check all the ball joints. When I did mine the ball joint on one end of my tie rod and one of the drag link ball joints were flopping all over the place. Removing everything not only allows you to check the ball joints, but also the bolt holes that could get wallowed out or are just loose. It's worth the time to drop the sway bar and links and check those too, and the bushings which are usually worn out. Check for play in your pitman arm. This gives you room to check your control arms. Not sure what kind of lift you have, but if it's RC, those control arm bushings disintegrate after 5k miles from what I've seen. They're cheap, but they don't last long. [/QUOTE]
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Jeep Wrangler JK
JK General Discussion
Terrible driving death
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