Explain This One!?!?!?
01-10-2014, 07:54 PM
#1
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Jasper AL
Posts: 237
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Year: 1988
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Explain This One!?!?!?
Both upper control arms are the same length. The drivers side is attached. How in the world could this happen?
01-10-2014, 08:40 PM
#3
::CF Moderator::
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Prescott, Az
Posts: 43,875
Received 1,526 Likes
on
1,238 Posts
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
01-10-2014, 08:43 PM
#4
::CF Administrator::
Roving bands of mechanics with a penchant for attaching equal length XJ upper control arms? On the drivers side?
01-10-2014, 08:44 PM
#5
::CF Moderator::
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Prescott, Az
Posts: 43,875
Received 1,526 Likes
on
1,238 Posts
Year: 1990
Model: Cherokee (XJ)
Engine: 4.0
01-10-2014, 09:21 PM
#6
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Jasper AL
Posts: 237
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Year: 1988
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Sorry. I may have been driving when I did this one. The drivers side upper control arm mount seems normal but the pass side is about an inch more forward. Tell me this isnt normal. HAHAHA Wheres my pic. I thought I posted a pic. Hang on a sec.
Trending Topics
01-10-2014, 09:25 PM
#10
::CF Administrator::
My bad...not roving mechanics installing, but gremlins removing....
...and stop posting while you're driving, thank you
LOL
So yeah, if you lost a bolt, the axle can twist and not line up right. Ratchet straps to pull it back in line and re-install your hardware.
...and stop posting while you're driving, thank you
LOL
So yeah, if you lost a bolt, the axle can twist and not line up right. Ratchet straps to pull it back in line and re-install your hardware.
Last edited by Rogue4x4; 01-10-2014 at 09:27 PM.
01-10-2014, 09:43 PM
#12
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Jasper AL
Posts: 237
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Year: 1988
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Does it matter that the UCAs are diff lengths. The drivers side is 15.5ish and pass side is 16.5. Only way I could get my 3-4 degrees pos caster.
01-10-2014, 10:36 PM
#15
Member
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Jasper AL
Posts: 237
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
Year: 1988
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
First I put both at 15.5. Used straps and pulled like crap and made it work. Drove like crap. So I took it apart. Set the caster at 3-4 degrees positve off of the driver side UCA and the took the pass side UCA and adj it titll the bolt went thru. Roughly 16.25 inches. It drives so much better. Wheelbase is exactly the same. Toe is good. Caster is good and center is good. Could that have come from factory like that?