Recent content by rackmaster

I agree, it got to be right, I had a good talk with Rusty at Rustys offroad yesterday, very helpful guy. He looked at all the photos and angles and what he suggested is . Remove the drop kit , the control arms I have 161/4 will rotate it back , take it to a good alignment shop which i have...

the coils are bowed out toward the front way more than necessary. and rubbing both the sway bar and track bar bracket. having adjustable control arms would help, but to get coils vertical would cause pinion outpoint to point toward ground. it has drop brackets on it

Ive been emailing the manuf of the aftermarket brackets that are on the unit. they have recommended doing away with the lca drop brackets and use the fixed 16 1/4 LCA or getting some adjustable uppers. to correct shock bow. but i did measure a stock unit with a new digital angle finder that...

Ive checked a stock 2000 xj and also found some install instructions online I will attached, both are 10 deg back , If diff is 180 deg, the bracket is 100 deg https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0616/3752/5720/files/Jeep-TJ-LJ-MJ-XJ-and-ZJ-_Installation-Instructions.pdf?v=1652363513

just looking for the factory specs on that , has to be something out there to make sure the aftermarkets are close. def will need adjustable control arms. t

hopefully i can find out that info. it has fixed lca with a drop bracket

Yes, short control arms with drop brackets, and the coils are bowing. they are aftermarket spring and shock brackets and im thinking they may have had too much angle on them. hoping to find what the correct angle is

what is the correct angle that new front shock and spring brackets should be on the axle? I have a 99 with 4.5 lift, with aftermarket brackets. not sure the angle they are attached to axle is correct and can not find that info . if axle is out and using angle finder on flat spot next to...