firewalker

Am about to go crazy. I have spent hundreds of dollars on the front end and been to two diff alinment shops and the damn thing still rids like the day I bought it with bad tie rod ends. Everything in the front is new but the steering box witch I have tightened ( and not to much). Track bar is almost perfectly parallel with the drag link and the shop says all the ball joints and bushings are good. They say that they can't adjust the caster or camber. The toe is set to 1/8 in in. I have a 5.5 inch rubicon lift with 2 1/2 in coil spacers with brings me to 8" of lift. Now I don't expect it to ride like a Cadillac but it darts all over the road. It's ok as long as I'm on a perfectly flat and smooth road but as soon as their are any bumps or change in angle it darts everywhere. Is their anything I can do. Thanx for any input.

Jeepxj1234

Do you have long arms or short arms?

DirtyKK

you need adjustable control arms to get it into alignment and at your height you really should get long arms. taking some lift out might help too.

firewalker

Long arms

XJ-92

1/8th seems to much. try turning them out to 0 and see how it rides them

firewalker

I think I have adjustable arms. Everything looks to be threaded and adjustable. It's a 5.5 rubicon long arm extreme duty lift. I put the spacers in because it sat so high in the back. It took 2.5 in just to level it out. It may be about a 1/2 in higher in the front. Witch is how I like it to sit. I was hoping to be able to leave it like this but it kinda crazy to drive.

gdavenport0701

try dual steering stabilizer shocks. when i went from my 33 to 35s i had the same problem till i went to a dual set up

Jeepxj1234

Long arms come with a custom crossmember that goes where your transfer case crossmember is and moves the location of where the control arms attach to the frame back to compensate for the lift height. This gives you better flex and, for you, much much better ride quality (as it brings angles back close to stock)

firewalker

I'll post some pics of what I have tomorrow when it's light out. Maybe that can help. I have that cross member. It looks like a big plate that runs across under the transfer case. I think I have all the necessary components it's just a matter of finding someone that deals with aftermarket stuff to get it all dials in. These folks around here don't know what to do if it's not stock and I don't have any good 4x4 shops around. I think I'm screwd.

Jeepxj1234

Ha nah you have cherokeeforum

firewalker

Well that's what I was hoping. I know their is a lot of knowledge and great people on here but I also know its heard to diagnose something without being able to put your hands on it.

Jeepxj1234

Well this is true, but I find that there are so many people on here with so man xjs, that at least a couple people have had the exact same problem youre having and know how to fix it. That's why I love it.

firewalker

Yea I have gotten more help on here than I could have found anywhere els. I wish they would fix the search thoe for Mobil devices. Every time I try to search it gives me an error.

Jeepxj1234

Yeah. I just use google and cf stuff will usually pop up. Only down side is that it takes you to the full site and not the app. But whatever.

firewalker

Here are some pics of my set up.