Recent content by Joesmith

Hmm that drag link bed or lack there of is curious…it could be something that was “fixed” as they were trying to get it on the road after it got totaled. Previous owner said it got hit on that side. I ordered a new adjustment sleeve for the drag link to get my steering wheel centered but maybe...

I tried getting pictures of the under side but I wasn’t able to get it up in the air and get the tires off yet…too busy flushing my rad and heater core…previous owner decided to make mud in the rad by mixing coolants. he told me there was a thermostat issue, so he swapped it with a lower temp...

The forums will not let me upload any photos for some reason

I’ll post some pics when I get out of work today. see I measured the front springs according to something I read on these forums and that’s how I came up with the 6 inch lift. But since I have read like 3-4 different ways you can measure to tell what lift you have and all of them disagree, I...

The control arms were on my list of parts to chase around until I solve this. can anyone tell me how to measure or where it’s supposed to be set? when I get adjustables, how do I know where to adjust them too? I can’t go with the same length as the stock ones obviously

So the steering geometry looks good, all parallel and what not. but the control arms look stock. I know it is common for people to slap a lift on a wrangler and call it done, making an undrivable mess. Maybe the stock control arms are too short ����*♂️ how would I be...

So I just got an 02 Tj that has an R title, and the previous owner says it was in a front end collision on the passenger side. the frame want bent (so I was told) but all the motor mounts needed to be replaced and they were. The Jeep also has what I measured to be a 6inch lift, steering geometry...

Couple of reasons, 1) I’m not confident in my ability to rebuild it. 2) I can’t have the vehicle down while I learn to rebuild it, so it would be faster if I can just drop in a replacement. I would probably rebuild it in my spare time, after the replacement