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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 07:13 AM
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I had my 99 Cherokee on a left the other day and with it up in the air and the suspension fully extended it was all crooked. As in, it shifted to the drivers side by a couple of inches. None of the links were parallel. The axle was parallel to the frame looking straight at it but thats it from the front. It all straightened out once it was driven a bit. Is this normal or do what?
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 07:18 AM
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The weight of the axle is on the drivers side. Everything is should be fine. If you are concerned still take a few pics of it and put them up on here with her jacked up and what not and we will give you our best opinions.
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Old Jul 24, 2008 | 10:10 AM
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Yes its normal. When you droop the front axle, the trackbar pulls the axle to the drivers side. Its the sweeping motion which moves it.
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Old Aug 9, 2008 | 10:24 PM
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Cool, thanks for the info. For what it's worth I somewhat got rid of my death wobble (got an OME 2" lift) with a Rusty's heavy duty tie rod and tie rod ends, well that and a new track bar and tie rod off of the pitman arm. Adjustable upper and lower control arms are next to get the caster back in spec (I'm at -3 now).
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Old Aug 10, 2008 | 07:36 AM
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Keep us up to date and we will offer advice as you require it.
The suspension is perfectly fine. If the suspension had not done as you described then there would be a problem.
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