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Sway bar touching coil???

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Old 11-21-2012 | 12:20 PM
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Default Sway bar touching coil???

Just got a new Trac bar installed and thought that would fix this but it made it a little worse. Just wondering if an alignment will fix this or if there is something else I should do?
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Old 11-21-2012 | 12:28 PM
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Are you running stock or after market control arms?
Old 11-21-2012 | 12:30 PM
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Originally Posted by alanscott1
Are you running stock or after market control arms?
Just stock
Old 11-21-2012 | 12:38 PM
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Your coil is also not centred, look where the coil bucket is, one side it is forward of centre, the other it is behind centre, you can move it back half inch, almost remove it, and then move it back a little.
Old 11-22-2012 | 09:23 AM
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I believe you are right, thank you.
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What springs are those? They look really compressed.
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What springs are those? They look really compressed.
Procomp. I think its just the angle of the picture looking down on it.
Old 11-22-2012 | 09:35 AM
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Mine is a lot closer on the passenger side. I'm not sure how you can fix it. I noticed the springs on my JK fit snug around the lower perch so there isn't any way to adjust the spring.

Are the springs bowing forward on your Jeep?
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Old 11-22-2012 | 09:40 AM
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I am going to try and take the weight off each side and tap the top of the coil over to center it more.
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Originally Posted by Ncb
Mine is a lot closer on the passenger side. I'm not sure how you can fix it. I noticed the springs on my JK fit snug around the lower perch so there isn't any way to adjust the spring.

Are the springs bowing forward on your Jeep?

Your pictures are exactly like mine are! On the passenger side I can easily fit my fingers between the spring and sway bar but on the driver’s side I cant. I don’t think it has anything to do with an alignment because I just had one done after I installed the pr44. Like yours my springs are all the way against the grove in the axle on the bottom so there is nothing that can be done with that part. I have adjustable upper and lower control arms and by looking at it mine it would be much worse if I didn’t have as much caster dialed in as I do. I have the unlimited axle so I have 6.0 degrees of caster and if it were down at like 4.0 that would make it even closer to the sway bar. It looks like it’s a spring issue on mine I cant think of what else it could be.



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