so im putting on a 4.5 rough country lift on my 98 xj. its pretty much killing me. so far ive put on the new coil springs and on of the shocks. The lower control arms are not going in right. it came with new ones. they just arnt lining up right. i can put it in on on side of the mounts but on the other side the holes wont line up. any advice? also the track bar bolt on the passenger side in just spinning in place and wont come out. please help!

 

you have to pull the ca mounts apart sometimes to get the bushings in them. or if your talking about the arms seeming too long you need to pull the axle forward. when you add lift you have to add caster so grab a tie down and pull the axle forward until the arms go into place, its not easy you need lots of brute force.
as for the bolt spinning theres an odd tab behind it that it threads into with a nut in it. that nut might be stripped out or the flange on the tab might be broken. youll see what im talking about once you get it pulled out.

 

what do u mean grab a tie down. and whats a caster? this is my first lift btw. and the flag nut already came off its just spinning. its weird.

 

when you try to bolt the control arm to the mount on the body side is it not lining up because it seems that the control arm isnt long enough?



caster is needed so that your steering isnt too touchy. my favorite example is think of how touchy the steering is on a razor scooter vs a chopper motor cycle. the forks being raked out would be the caster. its part of the alignment. think of your steering knuckles as forks and as you add lift it takes away caster so the longer arms put caster back into it so that you dont get death wobble. mine used to do that and the front wheels would wobble like the wheels on a shopping cart until i put longer arms on it.

 

The bolt will come out it has tention on it. Spin the bolt and tap on it from the other side or spin it while pushing a flat head under it, once you get it going it will become easier. As far as the control arms I don't know. Post a pic of the issue?

 

if its not lining up you have to pull the axle out a bit to get it to line up. i used a tie down as an example because thats what i used. it strapped it to my work bench which weighs about 4500 lbs and the other end to the axle and tightened it down to pull the axle forward a little at a time until it lined up. my computer battery is about to die so i hope this helps a bit.

 

yea thats a good idea. its gunna be hard because the new coils are so stiff.

 

Put the control arms on first then put coils in

 

yea i was thinking about that but my stupid rough country directions said coils first. which just makes it harder..now i gotta take them out.

 

Don't you know 5 year olds write thier directions?

 

eh that sounds good its worth a try but iirc when my dad did his lift he had to do the springs first because the springs wouldnt fit with the arms connected. but that was also a 6 inch lift from rc. (my gf got the computer charger out for me )

 

That is true in that case and maybe in yours, you would/should use a spring compressor.

 

i am. how can i get this axel to move forward!? i have nothing to strap it to

 

ratchet strap. I just go around the sway bar or bumper pulling forward and the cross member pulling to the rear

 

i dont quit understand what you just said haha.