zak873

I've been kind of lost with this issue since February, and I'm ready to figure it out. Back in February, the front of my jeep stood up about 3 feet off the ground while straddling a rain rut, when it came back down, the passenger tire slammed into the rain rut. Ever since then, my axle has been anywhere from 1-2" further out on the drivers side. I've measured it twice today. First time I measured it, it was at 2" further. I measured it again after I moved it, and it was at 1". Also, my steering wheel isn't centered now, when it was before. I don't have a bent tie rod, or drag link. I do have bump-steer, and you can see the control arm isn't straight, as well as the shock is at an angle. I adjusted the track bar last weekend before a long road trip, and I pretty much have it maxed out on the threads. I don't know the brand, as no one could figure it out a while ago when I parting my old one out.. As you can see, I ended up keeping it. I'll have pictures of the track bar itself tomorrow, just wanting to see if anyone has any input? Oh, and my jeep leans extremely bad, after a hard turn into a parking spot, or around a turn, could this be track bar related?




(OLD PICTURE of the track bar, back in January)


blurry but you can still tell its leaning lol

zak873

One last thing, then I'll shut up lol. I haven't had death wobble at all, since I built the jeep. But last weekend, after a 300 mile road trip, within 5 miles from my house, I hit a really DEEP pothole. I'm now getting death wobble, with pretty much every bump I hit. I could run over a pebble and get death wobble. Everything is tight, except I had a TRE that needs replaced, I'm just curious if they're related?

Sideways99

check your steering box mounting points, are your coils seated properly?
double check the mounts for the t-b....

cagedxj707

My jeep was leaning and sitting like that earlier today actually, and what had happend was I broke my sway bar lol, maybe that? Just my 2¢

helmut

Swaybar huh? Many people dont even have a swaybar and their Jeeps sit level.

Jeepxj1234

Looks like a rubicon express track bar. Ha the one I'm about to get. Part number re1600. This sounds funny, but did you have spacers before? I've heard of the rubber cool spacers breaking and falling out. Idk much beyond that

VTJeep

Trac bar centers axle. Def start there. Any bushings, ends, etc. that are loose or weakened can contribute to wobble. Nothing bent? Double check everything. Once it's all solid, get an alignment.

zak873

I don't have sway bars. never had spacers. steering is all fine. coils are seated correctly. I'll go take a picture of the track bar now.

zak873

Kuro89

You passenger lca mount looks tweaked in the picture how about taking one of just the mounts?

zak873

it is tweaked. ever so slightly though.

zak873

the drivers side LCA isn't straight. the frame side bracket looks tweaked. the passenger side LCA is straight. frame side bracket looks good, axle side bracket is slightly tweaked.

edit: upon further inspection, the frame side LCA bracket on the drivers side looks ok, the control arm not being straight throws it off.

Sideways99

i now see what you meant about your tb.. i'd say that bend is not correct, that answers the axle shift issue.
the lean really confuses me, could something be mucked up it the rear causing the tilt?

zak873

loosened both bolts on the shackles a little bit and drove around to see if they we're binding or anything, but still leans after I tightened them back up.

VTJeep

Your Trac bar- is the frame mount good? So you have an off centered issue and it's leaning? The control arm brackets, even if tweaked, shouldn't cause this much issue. The Trac bar does look like maybe it's at weird angle. What's your lift and tire setup?
And your sure the control arms themselves are good? From pics it's hard to see all the angles ya wanna see..