penberth
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Wheatfield, NY USA
Some people on this list might remember my steering box breaking from the frame. Happened over a year ago now. Anyways, ever since this happened, the steering has not be right. It seems sloppy / loose / dead at the center. For instance, I can be driving down a straight road, and can move the steering wheel about 2 inches off center and still be tracking straight. If I continue to push the wheel to the side, it will then start to turn the wheels. If seems like I have to turn the wheel quite a bit just to do certain things.....for example, if I was on the highway changing lanes, instead of just turning the wheel a little bit to perform the lane change, I will have to turn it quite a bit.
Also, the truck seems to exhibit wander. If I am going down a straight road, the truck will want to wander a little bit, and constantly require a little bit of correction. Also, when I turn corners, the steering doesn't seem to want to return to center.
When I had the steering box problem, I tried to cheap out and have the dealer put in an aftermarket box. Anyways, I drove the truck for about a week, and took it back. It was horrible....the steering was so fast and loose, it was undrivable in my opinion. So they put in a brand new Mopar box, and it was better, but it still isn't how it was before all this happened.
So what I am trying to figure out now is what do I have to do to get this corrected? Some ideas I have thought of are:
-New suspension bushings for the front end.
-Adjustable trackbar
-New HD steering shaft (http://www.4wd.com/newsite/shop/prod...il.asp?pid=893)
-New sterring gear box
-Currie HD Tie Rod System (http://www.4wd.com/newsite/shop/prod...asp?pid=CE9701)
-New vehicle....don't really want to do this as this truck is paid off.
But I don't know if any of these will fix it. So that is what I am hoping to get out of some of you guys.
Anyways, my truck is:
2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport
3" OME lift kit
Rubicon rims and tires
83.5K miles......
I like the truck and don't want to get rid of it. Just want to fix whatever the issue is and continue to drive this....
I have tried alignments, but it doesn't seem to work....
Bryan
00XJ
Also, the truck seems to exhibit wander. If I am going down a straight road, the truck will want to wander a little bit, and constantly require a little bit of correction. Also, when I turn corners, the steering doesn't seem to want to return to center.
When I had the steering box problem, I tried to cheap out and have the dealer put in an aftermarket box. Anyways, I drove the truck for about a week, and took it back. It was horrible....the steering was so fast and loose, it was undrivable in my opinion. So they put in a brand new Mopar box, and it was better, but it still isn't how it was before all this happened.
So what I am trying to figure out now is what do I have to do to get this corrected? Some ideas I have thought of are:
-New suspension bushings for the front end.
-Adjustable trackbar
-New HD steering shaft (http://www.4wd.com/newsite/shop/prod...il.asp?pid=893)
-New sterring gear box
-Currie HD Tie Rod System (http://www.4wd.com/newsite/shop/prod...asp?pid=CE9701)
-New vehicle....don't really want to do this as this truck is paid off.
But I don't know if any of these will fix it. So that is what I am hoping to get out of some of you guys.
Anyways, my truck is:
2000 Jeep Cherokee Sport
3" OME lift kit
Rubicon rims and tires
83.5K miles......
I like the truck and don't want to get rid of it. Just want to fix whatever the issue is and continue to drive this....
I have tried alignments, but it doesn't seem to work....
Bryan
00XJ