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Old 04-05-2018, 02:21 PM
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Hey guys, new here. Little background. 99 XJ with just over 200k miles. Anyway, bought it a few months ago already lifted with a Rusty's 4.5" lift. I upgraded my steering to the Cavfab high clearance steering and I can't get the joints tight. I mean they are tight, but with the weight of the offset tie rod pulling it down, I can't seem to get it in the correct spot to keep the joints tight on the bolt, and it rattles, a lot. Every dang time I tighten it up and turn the wheel, back to square one. I've done every possible scenario to try to mitigate it. I can move the tie rod up and down very very easily.

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Old 04-05-2018, 02:54 PM
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Heims and TREs naturally have some roll to them, the misalignment spacers won't tighten the joint. I've read some issues though with the bend in the high clearance drag link killing heims prematurely over time due to the roll though.
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