What did I do, need to adjust the arms?

jeepdreamer · Nov 25, 2015

I'm running the RE adjustable upper and lower (short) arms with drop brackets. 3.5" springs and ACOS. I cracked up the ACOS to gain about another 1.5 inches and now my tierod/drag link are making contact with the passenger side sway bar bracket.
Do I need to adjust the arms.? It was fine before messing with the acos, no bumpsteer/death wobble, no clearance issues....
Thoughts??

clean4drxj · Nov 25, 2015

Yea you may need to bring them back in a bit(because of drop brackets).

jeepdreamer · Nov 25, 2015

The drop brackets were on before when I had the ACOS set to the minimum. Do I need to start by checking caster?

Euology101 · Nov 25, 2015

I thought drop brackets were only recommended for over 4.5" of lift? PLUS you have adjustable control arms? Everything I've read is that with 4.5" of lift, drop brackets, you use stock length control arms. I think you want even less length than stock length to move the axle back enough. Is that even possible with your adj. CA's?

jeepdreamer · Nov 26, 2015

831_xj · Nov 26, 2015

Bring the arms back to 16" eye to eye. You can use DB on 3" of lift... Or ditch the sway bar.. They're overrated

But bringing the arms to 16" which should be as small as they go iirc will get you what you want. Maybe at the sacrifice of rubbing the inner wheel well

blondejoncherokee · Nov 29, 2015

Drop brackets on a 3" lift, you might have to bring your arms in more than 16" on the LCAs. I thought most drops were for a minimum of 4.5" lift ? at 3" you can run adjustable LCAs

Johnnie Walker · Nov 29, 2015

Are you running/planning on running your sway bar? If so, grind the front of the sway bar mount a bit, or R&R with aftermarket mounts.
If not running the sway bar, cut then off and forget about it.
I do not have any issues with my sway bar mounts running my DBO mid-arms axle stretched forward.
I plan on running CAD brackets on my MJ with 4" or less lift, I want to have the tire centered in the wheel well at ride height, and decent CA angle.

831_xj · Nov 30, 2015

I think stock is 15 7/8" eye/eye

What did I do, need to adjust the arms?

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