drove over curb, steering wheel moved
08-23-2012, 11:40 AM
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drove over curb, steering wheel moved
just did a 4.5 inch lift, drove over a curb turning around and now the steering wheel is pointing to the left a bit. wasnt like that before. everything looks fine, what is it? a bent tie rod? it still seems to drive the same
08-23-2012, 11:45 AM
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Could have damaged something or knocked the alignment way out of wack. Bring it to a shop who can throw it on a rack.
How hard did you hit the curb?
How hard did you hit the curb?
08-23-2012, 11:45 AM
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It could be a tie rod. Could also be that you need to correct the steering wheel placement via the adjust sleeve by the pitman arm.
FWIW typically you can visably tell if something is bent enough to clock the wheel...
FWIW typically you can visably tell if something is bent enough to clock the wheel...
08-23-2012, 09:11 PM
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All brand new tie rods, sleeves and ball joints. Funny thing, today was the day I scheduled for my alignment. They didn't find anything weird. Alignment done, I'm happy, jeeps happy
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