Caster after AEV bracket install

[Kurt0]

Hey folks. Curious if anyone tracked their caster after lifting and using the AEV geo brackets.

how much did you lift? What setting in the bracket did you Use? What was your caster after?

thanks

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[Kurt0]

Beuller.......beuller....?

 

[word302]

Beuller.......beuller....?

Most people here are using adjustable LCAs so it may take a while for someone to chime in with any experience with those.

 

[AnnDee4444]

Not AEV, but this thread gives a few numbers: https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/fo...ection-brackets-for-2-lift-recommended.48550/

 

[Reactor111]

AEV 2.5“ Dual Sport lift on JLUR. Got just above 3“ of lift. I used the middle setting on the castor setting. I did not get an alignment So I’m no help on after measurements. Got about 3000 miles on the lift and it drives great. No issues. If I would have known it was really a 3” lift I may have used the max setting on the shim.

 

[Kurt0]

AEV 2.5“ Dual Sport lift on JLUR. Got just above 3“ of lift. I used the middle setting on the castor setting. I did not get an alignment So I’m no help on after measurements. Got about 3000 miles on the lift and it drives great. No issues. If I would have known it was really a 3” lift I may have used the max setting on the shim.

thanks for the feedback. Does the adjustment adjust the position for both the upper and lower? Or just one?

thanks

 

[Reactor111]

The bracket just lowers the attachment points for the upper and lower frame side of the control arms. The upper arm has the castor adjustment. It’s the square metal shim on the upper bolt. The hole is off center in the shim and how you rotate it sets the castor. If you zoom in you can see the notches on the corner of the shims. This position was the mid position. The instructions for the bracket has the instructions for placement of the shims.

 

[Reactor111]

 

[Kurt0]

The bracket just lowers the attachment points for the upper and lower frame side of the control arms. The upper arm has the castor adjustment. It’s the square metal shim on the upper bolt. The hole is off center in the shim and how you rotate it sets the castor. If you zoom in you can see the notches on the corner of the shims. This position was the mid position. The instructions for the bracket has the instructions for placement of the shims.

yep. Tracking all that. Trying to determine if people have found the recommended orientation of the shim resulted in “factory“ caster or what has been determined to be “optimal” caster.

Ill be up 3” which is upper spec for mid line orientation and wondering if Ill be better off going to the higher lift setting.

 

[word302]

Man I would absolutely destroy that low-hanging fruit.

 

[Kurt0]

Man I would absolutely destroy that low-hanging fruit.

i dont follow.

 

[word302]

i dont follow.

Those brackets hang down so low that they wouldn't last a year under my rig. They also impose a huge hang up problem when in reverse.

 

[Kurt0]

Those brackets hang down so low that they wouldn't last a year under my rig. They also impose a huge hang up problem when in reverse.

nah. They arent at all. Theyre barely; if any; lower than the frame side rear lower control arm mount. Rock bashing is dumb anyway.

 

[word302]

nah. They arent at all. Theyre barely; if any; lower than the frame side rear lower control arm mount. Rock bashing is dumb anyway.

Lol, look at the picture. They attach to the frame side bracket and hang a good 2" below them. You don't have to be a rock basher to understand that those are gonna cause problems.

 

[Kurt0]

Lol, look at the picture. They attach to the frame side bracket and hang a good 2" below them. You don't have to be a rock basher to understand that those are gonna cause problems.

Actually. There is something you can help me with.

Help me understand why it is, exactly, you called this meeting.

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