TeeravX
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Just a note to other JL owners experiencing steering issues.
It came this way from the factory even though there appears to be a blue line that this was inspected (if that is what it means). After bolting the trackbar correctly to the bracket located behind it and putting the screw all the way through, the way she drives is night and day. After several dealership visits and some out of pocket expense trying to figure out what I could do to fix it - I can close the book on this jeep's steering issues. It's been really frustrating and leaves me disappointed with Jeep but it's fixed. Maybe this can help someone else maybe it won't, but either way this is something to check for.
- I took it to a local dealer who apparently did a full steering inspection. After the inspection the service manager told me, it drives like a Jeep and that standard transmission Wranglers have looser steering than their automatic counterparts and it has always been that way... cough.. Two different dealerships blew it off.
- The first thing I did was try and stall an aftermarket steering stabilizer. I decided to go with a Falcon stabilizer, and while it did add sense of tightness to steering and give it a more tactile heavy feel it didn't resolve the steering play.
- When doing some of my own inspection on steering components I noticed some excessive play in where the draglink connects to the pitman arm... I knew that I would be upgrading steering components later in the life of the Jeep anyway so I took the plunge and bought a Steersmarts draglink. After installing the steering was a bit better, but still not great.
It came this way from the factory even though there appears to be a blue line that this was inspected (if that is what it means). After bolting the trackbar correctly to the bracket located behind it and putting the screw all the way through, the way she drives is night and day. After several dealership visits and some out of pocket expense trying to figure out what I could do to fix it - I can close the book on this jeep's steering issues. It's been really frustrating and leaves me disappointed with Jeep but it's fixed. Maybe this can help someone else maybe it won't, but either way this is something to check for.
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