jamesbarber1989

Hello, my cherokee is pulling to the right i had Les Schwab check it out and they said theres nothing wrong with my front end.They couldnt align it, he said something about caster not being adjustable, that it will need shimes(chimes?). Of couse they dont do that, so im wondering if anyone else has had this problem and what they did to solve it? Thanks for all help.

Brad M.

Post more info about how your XJ is currently setup, as that will help others help you diagnose the issue. For example, is it lifted? What brand lift? Do you have adjustable control arms? Upgraded track bar? Etc. The more info you provide, the better feedback you'll get.

jamesbarber1989

nothing, its a bone stock 99 cherokee sport with NO 4X4, its pretty bare bones but i love her, shes got 122,000 miles and is a automatic if that matters. Also what kind of milage should i get out of a 4.0 liter with 122k on it? thanks for all input.

posjeepxj

go jeep is the man. read this

http://www.go.jeep-xj.info/HowtoAlignment.htm

The Black

X2. and who the heck is les schwab?

jamesbarber1989

haha Les Schwab is a tire store out here, i thought they were nation wide but i guess not. Thanks for the link, ill read through it and try to figure out my issue, but anyone know about what kind of MPG i should be getting on a 4.0liter with 122k?

The Black

befor I lifted mine, I got about 17 or 18 mpg overall . 21ish on the highway.

Brad M.

Where are you located? Les Schwab are idiots if they don't know how to do an alignment on a bone stock Cherokee.

Oh, and X2 on the above post ^^. Mine got around 18 city and 21 hwy when it was stock.

Bustedback

When you let go of the steering wheel, does the wheel turn towards the direction of the pull? If so, you have a tire causing the pull. Cross the front tires and see if the direction changes. Now for the caster adjustment, there are shims where the lower arms mount to the chassis. Add shims for more caster, remove shims for less caster. I betting on it being a tire pull though.

B&WBeast

about 16-18... that's what i was getting back when i was stock

jamesbarber1989

well looks like my MPG is about right, but no its not tire pull, ive tried that test already, so no one else here has had to put shimes in there car? and as you can tell im new to this forum and also to working on cars, so trying to do my own alignment would be kind of a large job that im not really ready for.

jamesbarber1989

anyone else out there with some advice?

jamesbarber1989

Anyone else had to chime there jeep? I would be suprised if i was the only person who would need to have this job done...

rdeskater

adding shims is an essential part to an alignment on cherokees. if they told you they couldnt do it because they had to add shims they're idiots, take it somewhere else. "chimes" I dont know about, a wind chime would annoy the hell out me

93gc40

first you need to determine what is out of allignment. Caster wouldn't normally cause a pull, it would cause the jeep to wander. Go to Gojeep.com, there is a write-up on how to align the XJ. If you can read a tape measure and know how to turn a wrench, you can do a basic alignment, yourself.