blistovmhz
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Vancouver, BC
Just lifted my 98 xj another 2" to 6.5" total (RC long arm kit).
History: My front driver wheel has had more negative camber than the passenger side since I bought it. Had a 4.5-5.5" RE short arm lift on before but it was thrashed. Upgraded to the LA kit a few weeks ago.
Problems:
So these things together.... I thought at first that my caster was just out when it started pulling left after the lift. At the same time, I noticed the noise from the passenger side, which got much louder after the past weekends wheelin'. Noise starts at about 40km/h and get's REAL loud by 100km. I felt the hub after driving 10km at highway speed, but it's no warmer on either side.
I don't know if the previous owner installed offset ball joints. Could be a bent C, or just offset ball joints. Was going to order new wheel bearings/hubs, ball joints, and set my caster, but figure I should throw the question out to the Internets first.
I can't imagine the wheel noise is caster related (someone let me know if I'm missing something), so I figure it's gotta be a bad wheel bearing. I figure if one wheel bearing is bad, the other may be as well. If the drivers side bearing is shot, is there any way it could present with negative camber? If so, I suppose I should replace the hubs first, and then measure camber (with the new hubs) to determine if I'll need special offset for my ball joints right?
Am I missing something obvious here? Right side howling, left side is burning the inside of the tread real bad, left side has more negative camber than the right...
History: My front driver wheel has had more negative camber than the passenger side since I bought it. Had a 4.5-5.5" RE short arm lift on before but it was thrashed. Upgraded to the LA kit a few weeks ago.
Problems:
- Passenger side wheel bearing is howling.
- Jeep pulls to the left at highway speeds.
- Ball joints may be a little loose. When I lift the wheel, it'll move about 1mm on both sides.
- (more a concern) front drivers wheel camber is more negative than passenger side.
So these things together.... I thought at first that my caster was just out when it started pulling left after the lift. At the same time, I noticed the noise from the passenger side, which got much louder after the past weekends wheelin'. Noise starts at about 40km/h and get's REAL loud by 100km. I felt the hub after driving 10km at highway speed, but it's no warmer on either side.
I don't know if the previous owner installed offset ball joints. Could be a bent C, or just offset ball joints. Was going to order new wheel bearings/hubs, ball joints, and set my caster, but figure I should throw the question out to the Internets first.
I can't imagine the wheel noise is caster related (someone let me know if I'm missing something), so I figure it's gotta be a bad wheel bearing. I figure if one wheel bearing is bad, the other may be as well. If the drivers side bearing is shot, is there any way it could present with negative camber? If so, I suppose I should replace the hubs first, and then measure camber (with the new hubs) to determine if I'll need special offset for my ball joints right?
Am I missing something obvious here? Right side howling, left side is burning the inside of the tread real bad, left side has more negative camber than the right...