It has a 2.5” JKS lift with front JKS LCAs, and relocation brackets in the rear. As far as smacking the right side, that’s quite possible. I tend to throw my Jeep at obstacles.
Adjustable control arms will help to dial in your caster numbers, which you will notice right away in your steering stability. As far as the ball joints, most pass the typical test of looking for movement when prying or pushing perpendicular to the tire, when in fact when pulled out, are actually pretty worn. Having the camber numbers out of range suggest that the ball joints are on their way out or already bad, at least on the driver's side.
As far as I know, they can't. It's a result of quality Jeep craftsmanship. You should see the numbers on my daughter's Renegade when it was less than 6 months old.
I meant the different numbers between before and after.
Bad caster can cause bump steer which on a country road at moderate speed, repeated bump steer could feel like vibration.
Ohhhhh....yes, that makes no sense but in the rear the before and after numbers didn't significantly change. The difference probably falls into their machine tolerance.
OK, your answer to kah.mun.rah was that you did not have adjustable or longer control arms.It has a 2.5” JKS lift with front JKS LCAs, and relocation brackets in the rear. As far as smacking the right side, that’s quite possible. I tend to throw my Jeep at obstacles.
Gary, the JKS lift kit came with the appropriate-length LCAs for the geometry of the lift kit. I would presume they are longer. No, they are not adjustable. My apologies for not pointing that out.
Being IFS and IRS every parameter should be easily adjusted though? With as light weight as the control arms and tie rods are on those tiny cars 1 bad pothole could put everything out of whack. Unless you put it in an alignment rack at 0 miles I wouldn't assume it was bad from the factory. Even with upgraded steering and track bars on the JL clipping a softball sized rock that rolled off the hill in front of us at 55mph had the steering wheel so far out that the service traction control, etc warnings popped up within a few miles and I was on the side of the road adjusting the drag link. That's with parts 10x as stout as renegade stamped sheetmetal, cast aluminum, and tooth pick tie rods.
As you should be. They aren't cheap, and many people have more in add ons than the jeep is worth. I don't care about dents and dings, but let my jeep squeak in the same spot more than once..... Anal mode engaged.
Thanks Roky; I’m so glad you replied! Nothing against the other folks here - I have much respect for them - but not only do I respect you, I KNOW you personally.
