Front drive shaft hits exhaust

dodgetk81 · Apr 10, 2005

I have an 89 xj with a 3in Rough Country lift. Transfer case drop and adjustable track bar. when the suspension articulates, the front ujoint area of the shaft hits the exhaust. Its a 4.0 automatic. I have tried to loosen up the front pipe and move it over some, but once I tighten it up, it moves back over. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks

AndrewXJ · Apr 10, 2005

Oh crap, the same exact thing happens to me. Matter of fact, last week while wheeling, it got so bad that the front yoke put a hole the size of a quarter in my front pipe! Any input on this would be appreciated, I'm sure by the both of us...

rockwerks · Apr 10, 2005

higher lift and extend the bumpstops to stop teh lst 1/2" of up travel

AndrewXJ · Apr 10, 2005

What if you don't want a higher lift?

rockwerks · Apr 10, 2005

Then just limit the uptravel by extending the bumpstops

AndrewXJ · Apr 10, 2005

Gotcha.

Onsail · Apr 10, 2005

Check the adjustment of your Track Bar.

rockwerks · Apr 10, 2005

Onsail said:
Check the adjustment of your Track Bar.

good call the front axle is probably off to the passenger side after the lift. Did you reposition the trackbar after?

keel5 · Apr 10, 2005

correct me if I'm wrong. But, wouldn't the axle be off to the drivers side if you lifted and didn't move you track bar.

dodgetk81 · Apr 10, 2005

My track bar is adjusted correctly. I just had it aligned. (wheel alignment) The bumbstop thing wont work, I can thar it hit when Im driving regular on the paved roads. Theres a bog dip by my house and when I have the front axle locked in and I hit that I can hear it. I was thinking maybe lower control arms? Any ideas on that? Will the ones that are bent help at all? Thanks for the imput.

flexjay87 · Apr 10, 2005

same thing happened to me after i put on my aftermarket header, and before my lift kit was installed. i thought it was from my jeep bein in an accident previously, anyhow just take a hammer and pound the pipe in far enough that it won't rub, that's all we did, worked for me 6 years ago, and still goin.......

rockwerks · Apr 10, 2005

Trust me on having it alligned, most will ignore the trackbar missalignment, 90% at least. I did mine off on purpose and took it into 3 different places and none came back that it was out.

Did you install teh lift yourself? can you get us a pic of the jeep frm underneath and straight on from the front?

Is the down pipe of the exhaust tight? is it the stock one?

dodgetk81 · Apr 11, 2005

THe lift was installed by me. And the exhaust is tight. Ill get some pics of the underside for you but I dont know if I can post them here. I wont be able to do it until Tues night. Thanks for the input.

rockwerks · Apr 11, 2005

dodgetk81 said:
THe lift was installed by me. And the exhaust is tight. Ill get some pics of the underside for you but I dont know if I can post them here. I wont be able to do it until Tues night. Thanks for the input.

email em to me at [email protected] I will post for ya,

the trackbar wil be off to teh passengers side because the trackbar is attached to the axle on that side and to the drivers side frame. so when lifted the trackbar gets shorter in effect and moves the axle about 5/8" to the passengers side at 3" lift about 1" at 4.5"

89xj · Apr 11, 2005

xjnation said:
email em to me at [email protected] I will post for ya,

the trackbar wil be off to teh passengers side because the trackbar is attached to the axle on that side and to the drivers side frame. so when lifted the trackbar gets shorter in effect and moves the axle about 5/8" to the passengers side at 3" lift about 1" at 4.5"

if the track bar gets shorter in effect and is attached to the frame on the drivers side, the axle will be pulled towards the drivers side.

rockwerks · Apr 11, 2005

89xj said:
if the track bar gets shorter in effect and is attached to the frame on the drivers side, the axle will be pulled towards the drivers side.

my bad you right...must have been smokin somethin...the dimensions are correct thought 5/8" off

89xj · Apr 11, 2005

xjnation said:
my bad you right...must have been smokin somethin...the dimensions are correct thought 5/8" off

can i have what your smoking?

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