just installed 3.5" lift cant center steerig wheel
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just installed 3.5" lift cant center steerig wheel/free rubi rails
I just installed a RC 3.5" lift. Rides great. Every time I center the steering wheel after a few miles it is off center again. I went to adjust it again and I noticed that I could grab the drag link and tie rod and twist em up and down. I cant just grab it and move it up and down I have to grab it and twist it up and down. Does this make sense ? are they to move that easy?
I have a set of new rubi rails for a JKU that I will give to any one that can come over and help me fix the problem. Hampton Roads Va. area thanks
I have a set of new rubi rails for a JKU that I will give to any one that can come over and help me fix the problem. Hampton Roads Va. area thanks
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I just installed a RC 3.5" lift. Rides great. Every time I center the steering wheel after a few miles it is off center again. I went to adjust it again and I noticed that I could grab the drag link and tie rod and twist em up and down. I cant just grab it and move it up and down I have to grab it and twist it up and down. Does this make sense ? are they to move that easy?
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You need to loosen the sleeve on the draglink and use either a pipe wrench (pain in the ass) or a draglink adjustment tool(claw) made to fit on a socket wrench that will grab the draglink sleeve a bit easier. Have someone in the driver seat to let you know when it's straight. When they give the okay, double check the steering wheel and see if you are happy with it. Then go and tighten the f*c out of the 2 bolts on the sleeve. Test drive and repeat as necessary.
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Rotational movement is ok. Any other type of movement of the drag link is bad. Use a pair of big channel locks and see if you can squeeze the drag link and knuckle between the jaws. Any compression of the joint means it's time for a new one. Same goes for the tie rod ends.
Check the track bar bolts. Again, even if you have already. Make sure they are VERY TIGHT. If the track bar is even close to being loose it can cause problems with things shifting side to side. Then the least of your worries will be the steering wheel being slightly off center ( which a loose track bar can definitely cause as well as a drag link).
Good luck with your lift. And search Synergy for when the lift starts to cause problems. It's the way I went. I actually to this day STILL have RC springs....but that's all I have left from the lift.
Check the track bar bolts. Again, even if you have already. Make sure they are VERY TIGHT. If the track bar is even close to being loose it can cause problems with things shifting side to side. Then the least of your worries will be the steering wheel being slightly off center ( which a loose track bar can definitely cause as well as a drag link).
Good luck with your lift. And search Synergy for when the lift starts to cause problems. It's the way I went. I actually to this day STILL have RC springs....but that's all I have left from the lift.
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Sorry its a 2013 JKUR .Guess I should of said it when I grab the link I can roll it up and down not move it.
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You need to loosen the sleeve on the draglink and use either a pipe wrench (pain in the ass) or a draglink adjustment tool(claw) made to fit on a socket wrench that will grab the draglink sleeve a bit easier. Have someone in the driver seat to let you know when it's straight. When they give the okay, double check the steering wheel and see if you are happy with it. Then go and tighten the f*c out of the 2 bolts on the sleeve. Test drive and repeat as necessary.
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O.K. adjusted steering wheel again. Cranked down on the 2 bolts super tight. Went for a drive 1/2 mile down the road steering wheel in off to the right coming back home made a left turn steering wheel is straight now. Any Ideas?