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Old Jun 12, 2010 | 11:35 AM
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The tires are perpendicular to the ground when the tires are straight. However, when they are cranked hard to either side they are not straight to the gound. When I have it cranked all the way to the left the top of the tire leans away from the vehicle about two inches more than the bottom of the tire. The jeep does not have a lift. The track bar and steering damper have been recently replaced.

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Old Jun 12, 2010 | 11:50 AM
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Originally Posted by BIGISLANDHIKERS
The tires are perpendicular to the ground when the tires are straight. However, when they are cranked hard to either side they are not straight to the gound. When I have it cranked all the way to the left the top of the tire leans away from the vehicle about two inches more than the bottom of the tire. The jeep does not have a lift. The track bar and steering damper have been recently replaced.

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I believe that this is normal.



all the drift cars do it too ha
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Old Jun 12, 2010 | 10:21 PM
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Mine does it too.It's normal.
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Old Jun 12, 2010 | 10:24 PM
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Any second opinions on this being normal. I was hoping it was. The Jeep drives great and goes straight.

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Old Jun 12, 2010 | 11:00 PM
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The reason it does it is because when you turn at speeds you want the tire to "push" you the direction you want to go. Because as you go about an embankment the car wants to go to the outside the tires then "push" you to stay on the path you want to travel. as it has been said already its normal
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