Driver Side Lean XJ with RC 4.5 lift
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Year: 1994
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
Driver Side Lean XJ with RC 4.5 lift
Just out of curiosity has anyone experienced this with their lift?
I have noticed my rig leaning to my drivers side pretty bad.
I finally too measurements to make sure I am not delusional...
Front (I measured from the ground to my winch bumper):
Driver side: 32.5" Passenger side: 34"
Rear (I measured from the ground to my rear fenderwell :
Driver side: 39" Passenger side: 41"
After seeing it on paper it seems pretty significant and concerning. Everything is sitting the way it should be, I am not missing a spring isolator or anything. I have a RC 4.5 lift with full leafs. Has anyone else experienced something along these lines?
I have noticed my rig leaning to my drivers side pretty bad.
I finally too measurements to make sure I am not delusional...
Front (I measured from the ground to my winch bumper):
Driver side: 32.5" Passenger side: 34"
Rear (I measured from the ground to my rear fenderwell :
Driver side: 39" Passenger side: 41"
After seeing it on paper it seems pretty significant and concerning. Everything is sitting the way it should be, I am not missing a spring isolator or anything. I have a RC 4.5 lift with full leafs. Has anyone else experienced something along these lines?
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Year: 1996
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Is this a brand new installation? Were the springs identicle sitting in the box? are the sprinfs seated properly. do you have swaybars hooked up?
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Year: 1994
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I Have had the lift installed for over a year. I have always noticed the rear having a slight lean but I always chalked it up as my tools throwing it off. No sway bars.
Springs are sitting in the proper locations in the buckets nothing seems off from what I can tell.
Springs are sitting in the proper locations in the buckets nothing seems off from what I can tell.
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My Rusty's 3" leaf packs do the same. I have a slight driver's side lean that's been there since I installed the lift 2 years ago. Added shackles and spacers to bring it to 4" and it still has the lean. It's not as bad as yours though. I'm only off 1" in the rear. Front sits fine.
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Sounds to me like Rough Country's typical issue of sagging springs, Start looking for new springs , I'd look into OME or RE. I've never had an issue with RE springs on any of my Jeeps.
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I've noticed the same thing with my RC 4.5 long arm kit. I always thought I just had more stuff in the drivers side. Now I'm curious. I'm going to unload everything and take measurements this weekend. I'll let you know if my results are similar.
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Year: 1999
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I recently installed my 3.5 OME lift and I have a lean too. I measured from center of wheel to factory fender flare.
RF 22 1/8
LF 21 1/2
RR 22 3/4
LR 21/58
RF 22 1/8
LF 21 1/2
RR 22 3/4
LR 21/58
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Its referred to as the XJ gangsta lean... I dont suffer from it... Make sure your springs are seated correctly on both sides (coils)
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