themangeraaad
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Halifax, MA
So I "just" (just = a couple months ago) took my Jeep out of storage; it has been put away for 18 months. Since taking it out, I have just about completely replaced the floors with 18ga steel and installed new bumpers.
When I drove it across my yard out of the storage tent (before floor pan work and bumpers) I also took it up and down my street just because I wanted to. At this time I did hear my trackbar relocation bracket "clunk" a couple times so I know it's a bit loose, I will be addressing that separately. Even with the bracket being a touch loose I didn't notice the steering wheel being off-center at all.
Anyway, after doing the floors and bumpers I took the Jeep out for its first drive during/after a snow storm. I just drove around the block (the Jeep was not registered); I just drove on my small local street to make sure 4wd, clutch, etc was still working before I started paying for insurance.
While out on that drive I noticed that it seemed my steering wheel was maybe 10% off-center. That is a rough guess as to how far of it was, but still, it wasn't perfect. I know it varies depending on bumper weight and spring rate, but how quickly does the steering go off-center due to a variation in lift height? The bumper was relatively light and I have very stiff springs. It doesn't appear that I lost much lift at all. I just don't know how much movement to expect.
Doing some quick mental calculations (read as: guesstimations) a 10% change in steering would equate to approx a 0.3" decrease in lift. Does that sound about right for stock steering?
Oh, and almost forgot the most important stuff... BDS 3" lift (actually netted somewhere around 3.5" lift), stock steering, stock control arms, pretty much stock everything else I think.
When I drove it across my yard out of the storage tent (before floor pan work and bumpers) I also took it up and down my street just because I wanted to. At this time I did hear my trackbar relocation bracket "clunk" a couple times so I know it's a bit loose, I will be addressing that separately. Even with the bracket being a touch loose I didn't notice the steering wheel being off-center at all.
Anyway, after doing the floors and bumpers I took the Jeep out for its first drive during/after a snow storm. I just drove around the block (the Jeep was not registered); I just drove on my small local street to make sure 4wd, clutch, etc was still working before I started paying for insurance.
While out on that drive I noticed that it seemed my steering wheel was maybe 10% off-center. That is a rough guess as to how far of it was, but still, it wasn't perfect. I know it varies depending on bumper weight and spring rate, but how quickly does the steering go off-center due to a variation in lift height? The bumper was relatively light and I have very stiff springs. It doesn't appear that I lost much lift at all. I just don't know how much movement to expect.
Doing some quick mental calculations (read as: guesstimations) a 10% change in steering would equate to approx a 0.3" decrease in lift. Does that sound about right for stock steering?
Oh, and almost forgot the most important stuff... BDS 3" lift (actually netted somewhere around 3.5" lift), stock steering, stock control arms, pretty much stock everything else I think.
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