Jeep Pulls To The Right

[SmoothJeepOperator]

How high lift you on, what’s your caster , what’s your tire pressure, which arms do you have, uppers only, lowers only or both? Do you have adjustable track bars or relo brackets? Need more information to help, but I’m pretty sure has nothing to do with rear arms.

I got the Metal Cloak 2.5 dual rate. So front and rear adj trackbars, comes with front upper control arm, i got the lowers too. Caster is at 6.6 degrees. After the lift I developed wobble, so I replaced the Drive shaft and Tie rod with steer smarts components. I also replaced the ball joints with Dynatrack HDs and replaced my front driveshaft with an Adams 1310. Lastly got some new Mickey Thompson 35inch ATZ p3 tires. Currently running them at around 36 psi.

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[Roky]

I got the Metal Cloak 2.5 dual rate. So front and rear adj trackbars, comes with front upper control arm, i got the lowers too. Caster is at 6.6 degrees. After the lift I developed wobble, so I replaced the Drive shaft and Tie rod with steer smarts components. I also replaced the ball joints with Dynatrack HDs and replaced my front driveshaft with an Adams 1310. Lastly got some new Mickey Thompson 35inch ATZ p3 tires. Currently running them at around 36 psi.

First thing I’d do is lower your tire pressure to 30-32 warmed up, just so your no higher than 32 max and see if that changes anything. All tires are different, but my nittos like it best around 30 psi warm. What steering stabilizer you running?

 

[SmoothJeepOperator]

First thing I’d do is lower your tire pressure to 30-32 warmed up, just so your no higher than 32 max and see if that changes anything. All tires are different, but my nittos like it best around 30 psi warm. What steering stabilizer you running?

I'm still running the stock steering stabilizer. Just cant bring myself to get into a new one with all the complaints I hear about how sensitive they are. Also my pulling to the left seems to be only around 70 mph. Street driving is pretty solid, no noticeable pull. I'll fool around with the tire pressure more i guess. If that works and I'm going to run that low I'm gonna need that Tazer to shut the jeep up about low tire pressure.

 

[Roky]

I'm still running the stock steering stabilizer. Just cant bring myself to get into a new one with all the complaints I hear about how sensitive they are. Also my pulling to the left seems to be only around 70 mph. Street driving is pretty solid, no noticeable pull. I'll fool around with the tire pressure more i guess. If that works and I'm going to run that low I'm gonna need that Tazer to shut the jeep up about low tire pressure.

Oh at 70, that’s the Jeep trying to get airborne, these things are so aerodynamic that happens a lot.......?... Yeah, you’ll get your money’s worth out of the tazer even though you don’t think so now. So many things it can do, one of my favorite mods.

 

[slapshot12]

Pull that steering stabilizer. Try to compress it by hand and hold it in a partially compressed position? Feel all that force you have to put into it?

That same exact force is pushing your steering to the right the entire time.

There is no way around it. That is why Jeep, Steer Smarts, Teraflex, Icon, etc sell exclusively neutral force steering stabilizers for the JL. Fox offers both types with their through-shaft being neutral. Why do you think that is?

I know a lot of people will come here and say they have Fox or King pressurized (non-neutral) stabilizers and claim there is no pull. It is impossible for that to be the case, unless their stabilizer is low on pressure. The pressure/pull is always there. It is just a matter of how much pull and how sensitive you are to it.

Friends should not let friends put non-neutral stabilizers on their JLs. Sell that King to a greater fool and move on to a neutral stabilizer.

Thanks for the info. I had a Bilstein stabilizer installed and had a pull to the right. I took it off and it went away. Just ordered a Fox through shaft stabilizer.

 

[LCW]

Nice necro post

 

[gato]

Thanks for the info. I had a Bilstein stabilizer installed and had a pull to the right. I took it off and it went away. Just ordered a Fox through shaft stabilizer.

I had an AEV stabilizer (also by Bilstein) and that thing provided the best steering feel and shimmy/bump-steer/wobble resistance of anything I have tried. I think that little bit of constant pressure, really calms down the steering.

I switched to Fox TS due to interference with the tierod relocation bracket and the slight pull.

The TS is good, but there is a slight hint of bump-steer that simply wasn't there with the AEV/BIlstein. But zero pull.

If you are not very sensitive to pull, I think the AEV/Bilstein is best. If you are sensitive to pull, then the TS will make you hapier.

 

[slapshot12]

I had an AEV stabilizer (also by Bilstein) and that thing provided the best steering feel and shimmy/bump-steer/wobble resistance of anything I have tried. I think that little bit of constant pressure, really calms down the steering.

I switched to Fox TS due to interference with the tierod relocation bracket and the slight pull.

The TS is good, but there is a slight hint of bump-steer that simply wasn't there with the AEV/BIlstein. But zero pull.

If you are not very sensitive to pull, I think the AEV/Bilstein is best. If you are sensitive to pull, then the TS will make you hapier.

It's my wife's daily driver, so I don't want any pull. She didn't like it at all. If I have any issues with the Fox, I'm going back to the stock one. I've never had a vehicle where this change wasn't a guaranteed improvement.

 

[Roky]

It's my wife's daily driver, so I don't want any pull. She didn't like it at all. If I have any issues with the Fox, I'm going back to the stock one. I've never had a vehicle where this change wasn't a guaranteed improvement.

Don’t try to compare or reference anything from any other vehicle, it won’t work…. Gotta think Jeep JL now, so what works on your trucks and cars doesn’t matter to your Jeep…. It’s totally worth it though, when you take top and doors off and hit the beach or mountains, priceless……..

 

[gato]

It's my wife's daily driver, so I don't want any pull. She didn't like it at all. If I have any issues with the Fox, I'm going back to the stock one. I've never had a vehicle where this change wasn't a guaranteed improvement.

You (she) will like the Fox TS. I like it. (but I keep my AEV in reserve). Makes the steering slightly lighter as well, since the Fox TX has less resistance than the Bilstein/AEV.

Good luck.

 

[slapshot12]

The Fox TS isn’t available anywhere that I could find it, and is on backorder. I went to the shop and got the OEM one back and reinstalled it. The steering tracks perfectly straight, so I’m going to leave that one on it.

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