bonechief121

New to me 2007 JKUR according to stack of receipts it has 1 degree offset ball joints. It has had 37's on it for awhile, they are starting to wear in the outside tread every other lug. Are the 1 degree offset ball joints masking a bent housing? My plan is to install new Terflex joints and get a camber reading if it's not acceptable then look for an aftermarket housing.

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shabbernigdo

how often do you rotate them and normally when they scallop its due to worn shocks or suspension componets not alignment issues. if it alignment they will wear the inside or outside or the vehicle will pull to one side or the other ( normally )

bonechief121

I rotated at 5k. The shock are newer 5100 bilsteins. I swear the tires lean in at the top also. There is no pulling at all drives pretty good down the road. Sent from my iPhone using JK-Forum

larry0071

I'd lean towards what the previous post says, shocks or not an aggressive enough of rotation. The more aggressive the tire tread is, the more frequent the tire rotation is required. I run the factory Willys/Rubicon mud tire and rotate each oil change and if I am doing anything that requires jacking it up, I'll rotate again for fun. Rotating never hurts!

bonechief121

Jacked up the front and have play in passenger side when lifting tire with bar. You can see the gap getting smaller and bigger.



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oleskool

I had a "lean" with my 35's and factory ball joints way back in the day. You could watch the tire pop back straight when you jacked it up. The lower ball joints were toast. It also scalloped the tires pretty bad and very quickly. 1000 miles or so.

larry0071

My front axle is bent, as in bent-bent. It's painfully obvious to the eye and from the front axle seals that last around 5,000 miles (and no mud use).

Your front tires are bass ackwards from mine, saying that based on how I see it appearing in the photo above, your tires are out at the tops....? Bad ball joints I guess? Maybe real real bad.

Yours looks like \----/
Mine looks like /----\ with 3.75° on one side and 5.5° on the other.
It's so bad, my wife sees it and she cringes at the level of stupidity I posses for doing this.

bonechief121

So is your bent C's or housing or both?

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larry0071

Visually, I cannot tell what part or parts are all bent by looking underneath the Jeep. But by having it put on gauges, it's obviously very bent. And by standing in front of the Jeep and looking at it, the tops of the tires are way in the body compared to the bottom.

bonechief121

I just jacked mine up and with no load on it tire are pretty level. I just ordered new teraflex ball joints. I will put those in next weekend and then have camber checked. If it's good I will decide between Evo gussets and sleeves or Arctec trusses.

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