DW With hydro assist???

G

Gunner

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Location

Grand Junction, Colorado

• Oct 20, 2006

• #1

Long story short. Had it got rid of it. Added Hydro Assist. Got new beadlocks, flipped the tires around to use the "good" sidewall. Rotated back to front. I'm thinking I have a broken belt in the tire or something, nothing changed but the beadlocks and putting the rear tires up front.. It won't actually DW because of the hydro, but it's trying real hard to do it. I'm putting the rear tires back on the front, tomorrow I jacked myself in the face with a crow bar dismounting the inner bead. So here's the only things changed.

1) new beadlocks with 3.25 backspace vs. 3.75
2) rear tires on the front

ideas?

 

XJ_ranger

NAXJA Member

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Location

Port Orchard, WA

• Oct 20, 2006

• #2

bushings in control arms/ trackbar?

 

G

Gunner

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Location

Grand Junction, Colorado

• Oct 20, 2006

• #3

All new, tight, checked and double checked. I drove this thing 60 mph parked it, put on the new rims, switched the tires around ect. The front axle is a recently swapped D44 all new stuff.

 

Jes

NAXJA Memeber #293 URF Racing

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Location

San Bruno, CA.

• Oct 20, 2006

• #4

My advice would be to forget about it and go run Billings Canyon.

 

G

Gunner

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Location

Grand Junction, Colorado

• Oct 20, 2006

• #5

Funny you should mention that, it was the last trail I ran and drove it home. Everything was fine then.

 

Jes

NAXJA Memeber #293 URF Racing

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Location

San Bruno, CA.

• Oct 20, 2006

• #6

That trail is a ton of fun.

 

G

Gunner

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Location

Grand Junction, Colorado

• Oct 20, 2006

• #7

It really is, we got through in just over 2 hours.

 

Last edited: Oct 20, 2006

KSXJ

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Kansas City

• Oct 20, 2006

• #8

check the tires. Balance, belts or what ever. Maybe us BB's for weights. not sure, but my wifes stock XJ had horrible DW from tires messed up. My recent woble however was from the front pinion angel being way off.

 

BrettM

NAXJA Forum User

Location

michifornia

• Oct 20, 2006

• #9

have you checked the toe-in alignment?

 

seanR

Want to puff on my pipe?

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Location

29°58'28.9"N 99°15'15.5"W

• Oct 20, 2006

• #10

Ask Lincolin and Jason, They are experts on DW!

 

G

Gunner

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Grand Junction, Colorado

• Oct 21, 2006

• #11

I have messed with the toe, anywhere from 1/16 to 1/4. I swtiched the tires around last night. So I'm trying again today. I just hope its a bad tire. I checked and rechecked all the bushings, all are good and tight, the tire is centered on the beadlock, as I have battled DW in the past been through all of this before. Just blows my mind that it just showed up out of the blue after 2 years of being DW free.

 

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JJacobs

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Fort Collins CO

• Oct 21, 2006

• #12

You changed the frequency of the front suspension by adding the extra weight of beadlocks. Shimmies and wobbles are to be expected with modified XJs.. ignore it.

 

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Matt S.

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Fresno, CA

• Oct 21, 2006

• #13

JJacobs said:

You changed the frequency of the front suspension by adding the extra weight of beadlocks. Shimmies and wobbles are to be expected with modified XJs.. ignore it.

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G

Gunner

NAXJA Forum User

Location

Grand Junction, Colorado

• Oct 22, 2006

• #14

I would ignore it if I could see straight while it was happening.

Anyway, it was a bad tire. Had 'er doin 60 with 38's on beadlocks. Normal tire issues, no DW. Thanks for all the advice/info.

Now its time to take it out and beat the crap out of the pretty new beadlocks, and see if I can make the DW come back...