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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 06:21 AM
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I have a 95 Cherokee with I think is a 6" lift. 4" springs & 2" spacer. I bought the kit off eBay & can't remember how big it was. I have a rustys offroad tie rod conversion, track bar & 3" drop pitman arm. The steering is still horrible. The truck is all over the road. I was thinking of either getting otk conversion or just taking the spacer out to lower the truck a little in hope of correcting the steering geometry. Which is the better idea. Thanks
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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 06:53 AM
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Pics of the installed system would help.
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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 08:41 AM
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Camber is your main problem,you need the adjustable lower link arms to adjust your pinion angle down and restore the factory settings on camber. Mine is raised 8 1/2" and would dart at the least little bump encountered until I installed my home made Dom tubing lower arms with the heim joints for adjustment, made it much more stable and no more white knuckle drives. Chevokeeman.
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Old Jan 16, 2011 | 09:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Chevokeeman
Camber is your main problem,you need the adjustable lower link arms to adjust your pinion angle down and restore the factory settings on camber. Mine is raised 8 1/2" and would dart at the least little bump encountered until I installed my home made Dom tubing lower arms with the heim joints for adjustment, made it much more stable and no more white knuckle drives. Chevokeeman.
No, that would be Caster, no camber. Camber is not adjustable without the installation of adjustable balljoints.

http://www.tirerack.com/tires/tirete...e.jsp?techid=4
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Old Jan 17, 2011 | 06:11 AM
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Default Caster, not Camber!

Sorry, your right, it is Caster angle that will go negative when you lift the vehicle an excessive amount,set mine at 8 positive degrees and it works good for me, I'm old and have slept a few times since then so I got it mixed up with camber which is the tilt of the wheel in or out. Chevokeeman.
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