What could it be
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From: Lynden, WA
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
I would start by checking your toe in. Looks like you may have bent your tie rod. Then check your control arms because your caster might also be out. These 2 things will give the illusion that you have massive camber.
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From: Mt. Vernon Washington
Year: 1991
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L Renix and tube header
Looks like you hit something pretty hard with your front passenger tire. I can see that your corner marker even got knocked out. My guess, is that you bent something pretty good. Hopefully it's not the front axle "C" or housing.
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From: oregon
Year: 1993
Model: Cherokee
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check steering stuff brother did this twice once it was a bent tie rod the other was a bent drag link.
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If the tie rod/draglink are not bent, the caster could have changed as mentioned previously. Check the LCAs and those caster adjusters if you're on short arms. Alignment shops typically don't fool with caster anyway.
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From: Vancouver
Year: 1998 and 1988
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.7
Easy and free way to do your toe alignment check.
1-go on level surface, steering as straight as you can
2-lift both front tires off jeep just high enough so they don't touch the ground then lower on jack stands (tires still free to spin)
3-Wrap a strip of masking tape around both tires (all the way around)
4-With extremely steady hand (I put a marker in a vice on the ground) make a mark all around the tire on the masking tape by spinning the tire.
5-I use a straight piece of wood/metal and mark the distance between the 2 marks then go to the other side of tire at the same hight and see if the marks are the same distance appart.
They won't be.. Now its time to be patient and precise. Adjust back and forth until the distance between the marks is the same front and back. with this method, you can have your toe to zero -+ 1/32" if your line is thin enough.
Note: If your steering is off, adjust your right front tire first lined up with the rear tire. Check it after at every adjustment.
1-go on level surface, steering as straight as you can
2-lift both front tires off jeep just high enough so they don't touch the ground then lower on jack stands (tires still free to spin)
3-Wrap a strip of masking tape around both tires (all the way around)
4-With extremely steady hand (I put a marker in a vice on the ground) make a mark all around the tire on the masking tape by spinning the tire.
5-I use a straight piece of wood/metal and mark the distance between the 2 marks then go to the other side of tire at the same hight and see if the marks are the same distance appart.
They won't be.. Now its time to be patient and precise. Adjust back and forth until the distance between the marks is the same front and back. with this method, you can have your toe to zero -+ 1/32" if your line is thin enough.
Note: If your steering is off, adjust your right front tire first lined up with the rear tire. Check it after at every adjustment.
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From: Clover, S.C.
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0L
I'm looking at this pic, and thinking the front diff took a good shot.
Hard to tell, but looks like the passenger side axle tube is bent, right at the diff housing.
Hard to tell, but looks like the passenger side axle tube is bent, right at the diff housing.
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From: Lynden, WA
Year: 1998
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
i would imagine he would defnitly remember it if he hit something that hard, more than likely he bent the tie rod since its stock with 35s.
op have you checked youre ball joints and wheelbearings????????
op have you checked youre ball joints and wheelbearings????????


