jakeracefox

Ok guys I just put a 4.5 short arm lift with 31/10.5/15 and it has been aligned. the jeep sways a little some when I hit a groove or dip in the road. IS THIS NORMAL? sway bar is hooked up. Also I had the alignment done yesterday and the wheel is not exact. on smooth road it goes strait can I adjust the drag link or will that screw up the alignment ?

sthon

What is not exact? Is your axle centered? Did they adjust the caster when they did the alignment?

jakeracefox

The steering wheel isn't centered and it sways on dips and groove in road

jakeracefox

Not sure what they did I imagine the set everything for alignment but the steering wheel is a little off

evan00xj

Sounds like your typical symptoms of a cheap 4.5" short arm lift. You probably have factory steering and no adjustable control arms or track bar?

anarce

Sounds like bump steer maybe. Did you do anything to your steering? Adjustable track bar? Are your draglink and track bar parallel?

sthon

Do you have adjustable control arms? Do you have the alignment print out? Post it up if you do...

Xj88

This is a caster problem.

sthon

That's what I'm thinking. Would like to see the alignment specs.

Xj88

My xj did the same thing when my upper jam nut on my 3rd link came lose. Thing would shoot left or right in a road with those troughs in it. Scared the **** out of me..

Adjusted caster and got my jam nut tightned..
Golden

sthon

Yeah. My RK 3 link long arms are doing the same thing. Need to adjust the caster this weekend. I'm at 4* right now with 5.5" lift.

Vincenza V

"Adjusted caster and got my jam nut tightned..
Golden"-XJ88, I'm a newbie, did you add positive caster? About how much and how tall of a lift?

jakeracefox

I didn't get a print out I just figured they knew what they were doing.I do have adj trac bar and I centered the axle also have adj upper control and they are set 16.5 center of hole to center of hole. other then that I'm not sure i have 16.5 fixed short arms also