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Front wheel scuffing the ground while turning
- Thread starter Combatcm
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Bored400
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Grand Junction, CO
mine does the same, and I'm nearly positive that it's an alignment issue. I've never aligned a 4wd before though. My buddies tell me that you can do it yourself without a machine...anyone else?
Gerr
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- River Drive Norco Ca 92860
is it in 4wd?
lift the front end off the ground put on jack stands and get a friend to hold the steering wheel at full lock while you turn the wheel by hand and pay very specific attention to the u-joints as well as if both tires are turning at the same time and if the drive shaft is turning as well.
yes you can do a ruff alignment on your jeep pretty easily but if your not carefull you can make some costly mistakes
lift the front end off the ground put on jack stands and get a friend to hold the steering wheel at full lock while you turn the wheel by hand and pay very specific attention to the u-joints as well as if both tires are turning at the same time and if the drive shaft is turning as well.
yes you can do a ruff alignment on your jeep pretty easily but if your not carefull you can make some costly mistakes
krelja
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- New Jersey
I just put new steering on the jeep and when I pulled out of the driveway I had that scrubbing sound. The truck was way out of alignment so after the first test drive I went to gojeep's website and rechecked the alignment. It requires a tape measure and maybe a pipe wrench. Now the jeep drives good and I'm anxious to see how far its off cause I think I got it pretty close
Bubba Dolphin
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Winnemucca, NV
Mine does the same thing. I try not to turn at full lock on dry pavement. Being new to this platform, I didn't realize this wasn't normal. Now I'll look into this. Thanks for bringing this up.
xjjeepthing
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Plymouth Indiana
Mine started doing this after a recent wheeling trip. Bent the tie rod and messed the toe up. Installed some new parts and had it alinged all is good.
