Better yet.... Don't try that....:explosion
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xj steering
- Thread starter gird123
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Better yet.... Don't try that....:explosion
Its an important part of the parrallel 4 link. Not really the steering per say. It keeps the axle centered under the vehicle. So last time you checked it appears you were wrong. Remember triangulated 4 links don't have panhards.
Again part of the 4 link not the actual steering. It would be like saying the lower control arms are part of the steering.And this iswhere were 99.9% of us run track bars so they are pretty important to our xjs steering system.
Ha
I challenge you (just like the last guy) to unbolt/remove your track bar, drive around the block, and then come back and tell me that a track bar is not a important part of the steering system.
Correct, triangulated 4 links center themselves... but that doesn't apply to us.
Dont actually do that. You would be surprised by how many people would actually try that haha
Lurch
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- Long Beach, CA
Would you call the track bar on the rear suspension of a TJ a steering component?
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Lol don,t forget our sister jeep, the ZJ.
- Location
- Rainy side of Washington
Screw trying to drive around the block without a track bar, try driving out of your driveway without one. Good luck, and remember to look both ways before driving across the street and into your neighbor's driveway.
- Location
- Columbus, In
2 upper control arms, 2 lower control arms, and a trackbar, thats 5 points where it connects to the body. So its a 5 link........:conceited
gird123
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- minden, nv
How much does alignment cost where you are. Is 70 too high? Any one else in Carson City nv with a suggestion for alignment?
- Location
- Rainy side of Washington
I hope you're trolling here because this is incorrect. The track bar is generally not counted in the link total.
- Location
- Aberdeen, MD
do it yourself - simple as pie on these vehicles. Castor and toe are the only things you can/need to adjust, and castor is controlled by the control arms and doesn't really change. Doesn't make sense to pay a shop to just check your toe.
Measure the front wheels at the front and back. I set my front distance to be about 1/8" less than the rear distance. This is adjustable by turning the adjuster barrel on your tie rod.
If your steering is off center, just turn the adjuster on the drag link whichever way it needs to go.
Sweet link:
http://www.go.jeep-xj.info/HowtoAlignment.htm
- Location
- Aberdeen, MD
but unless there's triangulation, it is a critical link, even if it's not counted in the total.
Tis true, many people refer to 4 links (4 lowers w/panhard) as a 5 link setup, and 3 links (2 lowers, 1 upper, and panhard) as a 4 link setup.
When I was young(er) and dumb(er), I paid $50 for one. I wish I just did it myself.
gird123
NAXJA Forum User
- Location
- minden, nv
I'm having a pretty good wobble at 40 and 60 and i'm having a hard time finding the problem. I think i have it aligned correctly i'm just not sure. I thought yesterday the loose track bar bracket was the problem but fixed that and still wobbling? Just trying to figure it out.
- Location
- In the islands
If the control arms and the trac bar/panhard rod are part of the steering, what do the suspension consist of?
- Location
- Aberdeen, MD
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