LeosXJ

I bought this XJ a week ago on CL. The seller said he has wheeled it. But 95k miles sold me! I brought it home and have done some tune up stuff to it. I noticed the front wheels are tilted and upon further inspection have shown uneven wear on the tires that have maybe 1000 miles on them. There is a clicking noise coming from the front driver's side tire when driving also. I jacked up the tire and push/pulled top to bottom and side to side and feels solid so the wheel bearing is good. But solid axle means no way to adjust the camber.

2001 XJ looks like around 4 inches of lift and 31s.

Any thoughts?

Big David

Pic is dead. It could be the alignment off that's causing the tires to wear funny, bad ball joints or bend axle housing making the tires lean in & the clicking is most likely a bad U joint.

LeosXJ

On my comp I can right click and open in a new tab to view the pic. I have a 97 XJ that had the 4 cyl motor pulled. Would I be better off swapping the axles. Only thing is I don't know if there is anything wrong with the 97's axle.

Big David

Pic is good now. The 4 banger is 4.10's, need to look them over good & swap both of them out. I'm guessing it's a Dana 35?

LeosXJ

Been researching off and on all day. Put the XJ on level ground and put a level on the axle. Short and long side point down towards the pumpkin a little. Not a good sign. The 97 I have was bought from someone who bought it to rebuild the motor and got over his head. I bought it from him because it had a lift, tires, front bumper, and great interior. I was going to put the parts on a jeep with a good motor and body. There is a bumper sticker on the rear of the 97 for yukon gears. So I don't know if the axles are stock and what gear ratio is in it. Really a gamble with quite a bit of time. But cost would be pretty low to do that seeing as I already have everything.