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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 04:28 PM
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Going to do the ZJ upgrade here soon hopefully. Would rather do the pitman at the same time. I've got no more DW but now I get the occasional bumpsteer and it's annoying. The track bar was lowered a little bit and the research i've done is usually saying if you drop the track bar then get a DPA. I have this track bar setup http://www.ironman4x4fab.com/Products/TB.html
I'd guess its dropped about an inch? I'm thinking of just getting a ZJ pitman arm cause its cheaper, no? Oh, I'm at around 4.5" in front with adj lca's from same place as track bar if that matters. also 99 4.0 4x4 blah blah.
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 04:39 PM
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Might get a better response in the Advanced Cherokee Tech forum. Not much OEM stuff going on with your Jeep.
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 04:54 PM
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good point, thanks lol
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 05:17 PM
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Originally Posted by rklettke
good point, thanks lol
ZJ pitman is 1" drop from stock
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 05:19 PM
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Originally Posted by Kuro89
ZJ pitman is 1" drop from stock
yep, and the drop should roughly match the track bar drop right?
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Old Apr 8, 2012 | 05:24 PM
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Yeah, most recommend a 1" drop pitman, what track bar do you have?
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Old Apr 13, 2012 | 07:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Kuro89
Yeah, most recommend a 1" drop pitman, what track bar do you have?
http://www.ironman4x4fab.com/Products/TB.html this one, you can see in the pic that it looks like the track bar is dropped somewhat, but I'm not sure if it is...
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Old Apr 21, 2012 | 04:03 PM
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I'm going to go grab the ZJ steering from junkyard. Going to grab the pitman arm as well, should I install it or not?

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