letsgomuddin

My Xj has 5" of lift and 31-10.5-15's and is great on the expressway and smooth roads but when there's too much road crown or just a very uneven road it wanders back and forth alot. New ball joins, net control arm bushings, new tierods. I'm sure it has alot to do with my **** poor caster which I will fix eventually but I'm looking for a bandaid to keep it straight till then. I've been running without a sway bar for awile and wonder if re-installing it will help the wandering or not. Opinions??

Lowrange2

Fixing your castor is all that's going to help with wandering.

Fix the castor. It's not difficult.

letsgomuddin

That's what I figured, I'm waiting on a set of control arm drop brackets and some adjustable arms to get the caster right.

letsgomuddin

I suppose i could extend the arms i have for now to get the caster closer until i get new ones

Lowrange2

Yeah, Perhaps there's enough adjustment in the stock adjusters to get you closer.

letsgomuddin

I can get a little outa those yes

letsgomuddin

Maxed the oe adjusters for now, lets see how well it drives!

Lowrange2

Well, that was fast.

letsgomuddin

Yep, just loosened everything up and parked it by one of the hoists and used my big ratchet strap to pull the axle forward then stuck some shims in there and tightened her down. I'm getting those drop brackets soon and they give an extra inch of forward movement so I will fine tune it then.

Lowrange2

So, have you driven it yet?

Have you measured the castor?

letsgomuddin

Not going to bother measuring it, it's still way off. I need to move the axle forward at least another inch to be close to stock angles. I just drove it and it's better so when I get the drop brackets I will measure it and go from there.

freegdr

5 inch on stock arms? And stock steering ?

letsgomuddin

Stock arms yes (im broke) stock steering no. Ive upgraded to a crossover setup from an 01 grand cherokee. Much beefier rods and ends and it gets rid of that stupid split y steering setup that comes on xjs stock

freegdr

ever set the toe ?

letsgomuddin

Toe is spot on, i always set it after any steering or suspension work.