My 2wd XJ
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From: Carrollton, GA
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From: +34° 25' 35.67", -81° 21' 12.04"
Year: 1993
Engine: 4.0
Got my steering done. I like it beside the fact of not running my sway bars. Pretty rocky lol. Also still have that stupid wander. Can't stay in my lane on the highway. Ugh!!
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Stock arms and 12 inches of lift?
Also, if you were to go over the knuckle with your tie rod and then make the passenger side knuckle double shear then put the pitman arm side on the correct side of the pitman arm you'd have much better angles.
I'm not surprised it wanders. The caster must be horrible.
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Year: 1997
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Jesus! Lower that thing down a bit.
Stock arms and 12 inches of lift?
Also, if you were to go over the knuckle with your tie rod and then make the passenger side knuckle double shear then put the pitman arm side on the correct side of the pitman arm you'd have much better angles.
I'm not surprised it wanders. The caster must be horrible.
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Originally Posted by x91j
Right because I'm on 12 in lift with stock arms. Read. I'm on 7 with adjustable uppers and lowers thank you. I'm not going to go I've the knuckle due to the fact I don't want that much stress on the pass side bolt.
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From: +34° 25' 35.67", -81° 21' 12.04"
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It doesn't matter how adjustable your arms are. The angles are still horrible. 6 inches and short arms are horrible much less 7 inches.
Yes, that's what I was getting at. They appear to be stock. I've been wrong before.
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That's why I said make the passenger side knuckle DOUBLE SHEAR. It would eliminate the stress on the passenger side bolt and drastically improve your steering angles. I'd make a new trac-bar as well and move the axle side mount up higher to match your drag link angle.
It doesn't matter how adjustable your arms are. The angles are still horrible. 6 inches and short arms are horrible much less 7 inches.
Yes, that's what I was getting at. They appear to be stock. I've been wrong before.
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From: Summerville, Ga
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This is a double shear mount. Next one is an a double shear steering setup the one below it is a single shear track bar mount. Makes for a stronger and more stable mount.
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So what would I need to make my pass side double shear? I was going to but the iro double shear track bar to make up for the bad angles.
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You can buy some aftermarket knuckles, other than that i'm not really sure. I'm sure theres a cheaper way to do it than that. I've never looked into it myself.