In 2wd, pulls left on power, pulls right on coast - in 4wd Auto, doesn't do that. ???

[moments.by.ron]

So not sure I've ever encountered this. I've been complaining about the wandering issue since I picked it up, and there's no improvement after the lift (so that's a plus, it didn't get worse), and noticed that in 2wd, part of the wandering issue is that when I'm under power (giving it gas) it pulls left a bit (so you have to correct), and when I let off the gas (coasting) it pulls slightly to the right (and you have to correct). But when in 4wd HI AUTO (selec-trac), it doesn't do this at all.

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[moments.by.ron]

Could I have found my problem?

So when I ordered the teraflex stuff to be installed for my lift (spacer lift, front and rear adj track bars, adj LCAs, etc), Teraflex recommended the axle-side track bar brackets for front and rear (advertised for '2.5 lifts'). However, after researching this "torque steer" issue, I'm seeing that non-parallel draglink-to-trackbar issues can cause this - so I climbed under the front and I see that the front teraflex bracket has pushed the track bar higher than the draglink on the axle side, making them not parallel. I'm thinking I need the shop to remove the bracket and readjust the trackbar.

(yes, that's not the teraflex front adj track bar, I sent it back because it was poorly designed and clunked a lot)

 

[Roky]

Could I have found my problem?

So when I ordered the teraflex stuff to be installed for my lift (spacer lift, front and rear adj track bars, adj LCAs, etc), Teraflex recommended the axle-side track bar brackets for front and rear (advertised for '2.5 lifts'). However, after researching this "torque steer" issue, I'm seeing that non-parallel draglink-to-trackbar issues can cause this - so I climbed under the front and I see that the front teraflex bracket has pushed the track bar higher than the draglink on the axle side, making them not parallel. I'm thinking I need the shop to remove the bracket and readjust the trackbar.

(yes, that's not the teraflex front adj track bar, I sent it back because it was poorly designed and clunked a lot)

Yes, that bracket is recommended for stock track bar, either take off bracket , use track bar to center your axle, or shorten track bar to oem length. You want them to look like this....

 

[Mikester86]

@Roky is correct, the current geometry is way off. After you get it corrected, hit some trails. That thing looks brand new, LOL.

 

[moments.by.ron]

Yes, that bracket is recommended for stock track bar, either take off bracket , use track bar to center your axle, or shorten track bar to oem length. You want them to look like this....

Interestingly enough, the steer smarts is set to almost exactly stock length at my 3" lift (more like 2.5" now with bumper and winch) and it's still off, so it's hard to imagine the stock bar not being off as well. The guy at the shop actually commented that he thought the bracket was only for flipped draglinks because it raises the trackbar mount height 3".

Either way, after seeing this with my own eyes, I'm going to pull that bracket myself hopefully today.

 

[moments.by.ron]

@Roky is correct, the current geometry is way off. After you get it corrected, hit some trails. That thing looks brand new, LOL.

It's 2 months old and in the "build up" phase, but it's about to get dirty.

 

[Roky]

Interestingly enough, the steer smarts is set to almost exactly stock length at my 3" lift (more like 2.5" now with bumper and winch) and it's still off, so it's hard to imagine the stock bar not being off as well. The guy at the shop actually commented that he thought the bracket was only for flipped draglinks because it raises the trackbar mount height 3".

Either way, after seeing this with my own eyes, I'm going to pull that bracket myself hopefully today.

Is your axle centered. Check that first. Measure from coil spring housing out to a lug on tire on both sides, see what it says....also there are different height brackets , one for flip and one for raising factory bar. Maybe they gave you the wrong one? Dunno.

 

[moments.by.ron]

Is your axle centered. Check that first. Measure from coil spring housing out to a lug on tire on both sides, see what it says....also there are different height brackets , one for flip and one for raising factory bar. Maybe they gave you the wrong one? Dunno.

Yeah, both front and rear are pretty much spot on.

 

[Roky]

Yeah, both front and rear are pretty much spot on.

I’d ditch the bracket.... I’ve never heard of what you’re describing being the cause of unparalleled track and drag it’s more of a bump steer you get. But then again I don’t know everything either...

 

[moments.by.ron]

I’d ditch the bracket.... I’ve never heard of what you’re describing being the cause of unparalleled track and drag it’s more of a bump steer you get. But then again I don’t know everything either...

Bracket ditched. I just crawled under there and removed it and then extended the track bar to line-up. Took it for a drive and it's much better. There's the original slight wander that it's always had, but this "power steer" that it had is gone, go figure.

 

[Roky]

Bracket ditched. I just crawled under there and removed it and then extended the track bar to line-up. Took it for a drive and it's much better. There's the original slight wander that it's always had, but this "power steer" that it had is gone, go figure.

That looks hella better, is your caster at 6 degrees?

 

[moments.by.ron]

That looks hella better, is your caster at 6 degrees?

Not sure yet - I had the adj LCAs installed at 24-3/8" so at least the caster has been adjusted for the lift to some degree, but I'm going to get a complete alignment workup once I get everything good to go underneath there - had frustrating problems with the teraflex front track bar and switched to steer smarts, and also had a bumper and winch installed, so now I should be good for an alignment. I was planning to shoot for 6.5 deg.

 

[Roky]

Not sure yet - I had the adj LCAs installed at 24-3/8" so at least the caster has been adjusted for the lift to some degree, but I'm going to get a complete alignment workup once I get everything good to go underneath there - had frustrating problems with the teraflex front track bar and switched to steer smarts, and also had a bumper and winch installed, so now I should be good for an alignment. I was planning to shoot for 6.5 deg.

That should take care of the wandering.

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