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Old 05-03-2014, 05:57 AM
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Steering wheel clocked to the right. Traction control and esp bas lights on. Terrible gas mileage. Am I correct in assuming that my front end needs aligned?
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Loosen the 2 bolts (15mm I believe) on the drag link turnbuckle and rotate until the steering wheel is centered. It's easiest with another person but can be done alone. It may take a couple attempts before it's centered up perfectly.
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Just for clarity: Only two things on your Jeep frontend to be aligned, unless you've modified your components: Toe in and steering wheel centering. An alignment shop will likely still charge you $80, or so, and both are easily performed by you (with a helper) in your driveway.
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Thanks. On a side note, are you a Huey or 60 pilot? If so, I probably assemble your engines. As frightening as that might be.
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Thanks. On a side note, are you a Huey or 60 pilot? If so, I probably assemble your engines. As frightening as that might be.
That's sweet, I'm a Huey driver.
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Yup, I'm in charge of the t400/t700 section at queen bee.
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Originally Posted by afpilot82
That's sweet, I'm a Huey driver.
happy flying and thanks for the tip
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Originally Posted by JKSax
Steering wheel clocked to the right. Traction control and esp bas lights on. Terrible gas mileage. Am I correct in assuming that my front end needs aligned?
What was you doing to get your steering wheel out of whack , I ask because the issues you said could also be to tie rod to much toe in or out will give you the same problems
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Originally Posted by jaker t5
What was you doing to get your steering wheel out of whack , I ask because the issues you said could also be to tie rod to much toe in or out will give you the same problems
So, I drove my left front up a 3ft vertical cement wall at work. Because my coworkers said I couldn't lol. So here we are
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Results from being a jackass. Minus caster and camber. Those have been off since the lift
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