Renegade XJ
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- corona ca
OK well my issue is that my '89 XJ drives down the highway at 75mph perfectly strait with no issues at all, however when I want to change lanes, just the slightest turn of the wheel causes it to just DART right over. Its really hard to keep it strait in the wind because of this. The steering wheel is very light, but like I said it tracks perfectly strait even over bumps. The steering wheel has about 2-3" of play or a "dead" spot. My thoughts is that it perhaps needs a new steering box, one of the hose's was leaking from the day I bought it a few months ago....I just replaced it but it may have caused damage to the box. The rest of the steering is stock and the joints look new/recently replaced.
Spec.'s on it:
4.5" Rusty's coil's (new)
RE track bar w/heim (in good shape no play)
Rough Country 2.0 steering stabilizer (new)
Currie Upper and Lower arms (no drop brackets)
and Im not sure of the shocks....they look like old Rancho 5000's.
Also I THINK it may have off-set ball joints.... is there any easy way to find this out? The reason I think this is because as I turn the tires from lock to lock the turns lean over a lot, I dont remember my previous Jeeps being like this.
So yea, my thoughts are,
1. Steering box may have overheated from being low on fluid and cooked itself (fluid was BLACK and really really low)
2. Camber/castor angles may be off
or
3. toe-in/out may need adj.
So where should I start first? and somebody please school me on camber and castor angles....I used to have it down but now I can remember the differance's between the two and what effects they have.
Thanks!
Spec.'s on it:
4.5" Rusty's coil's (new)
RE track bar w/heim (in good shape no play)
Rough Country 2.0 steering stabilizer (new)
Currie Upper and Lower arms (no drop brackets)
and Im not sure of the shocks....they look like old Rancho 5000's.
Also I THINK it may have off-set ball joints.... is there any easy way to find this out? The reason I think this is because as I turn the tires from lock to lock the turns lean over a lot, I dont remember my previous Jeeps being like this.
So yea, my thoughts are,
1. Steering box may have overheated from being low on fluid and cooked itself (fluid was BLACK and really really low)
2. Camber/castor angles may be off
or
3. toe-in/out may need adj.
So where should I start first? and somebody please school me on camber and castor angles....I used to have it down but now I can remember the differance's between the two and what effects they have.
Thanks!