Flighty Steering / Bump steer
03-19-2011, 09:48 PM
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I had the same issue. The bolt holes that secure the front track bar on both ends became elongated due to bolts becoming loose. I had to have a heavy duty washer welded onto both sides of each of the mounting brackets to fix this issue. After this fix, I still had a slight wobble from time to time. I then checked all of my bolts for the upper and lower control arms on the front and rear and found two bolts on the front control arms loose. I then tightened all control arm and track bar bolts both front and back. This cured my death wobble. I also noticed my steering damper is shot. Will replace it with after market one soon.
03-20-2011, 06:58 AM
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That was exactly the feedback I was hoping to get. That someone might see something on the alignment spec sheet that seemed off. I noticed the negative camber as well and wanted to make sure I wasn't reading that wrong. So, my c's are bent then? Dang. That's the whole reason I had the EVO gussets installed. Guess it didn't help much. Can you get those ball joints at any auto store or do one of the sponsors carry it? And I was worried about the toe as well. So that IS off as well. So much for paying someone "reputed" to do the job. Thanks for the feedback. Let me tackle those things and see how it goes.
Any parts store could get the moog adj lowers, greasable aswell.
My c's bent after being gussetted aswell
03-20-2011, 07:04 AM
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03-20-2011, 07:15 AM
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Originally Posted by mkjeep
Napa store has adj uppers , they're greasable.
Any parts store could get the moog adj lowers, greasable aswell.
My c's bent after being gussetted aswell
03-20-2011, 07:17 AM
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Originally Posted by jwhitehorn
Just a quick side question... if your Cs bent while gussetted, whats to keep them from bending more?
03-20-2011, 10:08 AM
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03-20-2011, 10:09 AM
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03-20-2011, 11:13 AM
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Originally Posted by mkjeep
No, you only need to get either uppers or lowers, not both. I got uppers cause the top part of the c was bending.
03-20-2011, 02:15 PM
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I measured on the top of the c with an angle finder and compared it with a stock jk. I highly doubt you bent the lower part of the c, top one usually bends first. I went with the uppers cause thats what the shop that did my alinement after the wreck i had recommended.