Toe out and knocking
02-22-2021, 06:47 PM
#11
JK Newbie
Thread Starter
Please don't purchase that. We have good quality ball joints available for the JK and as much fun as they are to replace, you don't want to be doing it every six months. Tie rod can be in the same boat- using the stock replacement isn't a great option as you've got to replace half of the bar for the passenger side end. The drag link usually doesn't go bad out of nowhere. It'll be worn or bent, usually from pushing it where it doesn't want to go.
Take a minute to evaluate your parts (even though there's snow out) before you just throw cheap parts at it. Surely there's a car wash bay in town where you can jack up the front tires and check the ball joints and u-joints.
Take a minute to evaluate your parts (even though there's snow out) before you just throw cheap parts at it. Surely there's a car wash bay in town where you can jack up the front tires and check the ball joints and u-joints.
02-23-2021, 04:11 AM
#12
JK Jedi
Have you inspected the axle shaft u-joint like Karl noted in the first response? You really need to inspect the steering components and those u-joints before you just start throwing parts at things. Usually, not always but usually, a bad TB joint, TR end, DL end, or ball joint will be fine until you hit a big bump or pothole, and which point a wobble starts as the motion is reverberating throughout the system. A u-joint makes the most sense IMO given how you described the situation started.