Dkretden
Well-Known Member
- First Name
- David
- Joined
- Jan 29, 2019
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- Location
- Denver, CO
- Vehicle(s)
- 2020 JLUR 3.6L
So, it looks like you have fixed it?Now here is video 2 for tonight. Here is where things get really weird. Number 1 and most important, I am for sure I have a "looser" steering box than others. But I am waiting for a AE before I have my service manager change the steering box.
Back going back to day 1 with all of my issues, I thought everything was to blame on a loose steering box. Then we found from other members the loose ball joints and then the faulty steering stabilizer.
When I had the dealer tighten all ball joint nuts we then proceeded with him giving me the green light to experiment with the steering box adjuster. I didn't know at that time the young tech he had do this, never torqued the loose upper joint nuts. This was later found months later after checking the cotter pins. At this time FCA hadn't released any steering related information. We could only go by information from other members and then by Brandon at Jeep Informant. 1/8 was nice and then 1/4 felt great. But anything over 1/4 the steering got tight in the mornings so 1/4 it was. No one ever imagined the steering stabilizers were junk from the get go and after having mine replaced my steering got tighter. It was more noticeable at highway speeds over 70ish. And it wasn't a good feeling. Almost like seized up king pins on a big truck.
And for several months and thousands of miles I have been playing through my head all of the steering components we had issues with. Could the steering stabilizer, ball joints, loose tie rod ends, could all of this been the main cause of my white knuckle steering when I first got my JL.
So today I went and adjusted my steering box back to the factory setting. And I was quite surprised how it drove.
Here is a video. Of course you feel some looseness in the box, but man I wish it drove like this day 1 when I got it off the truck.
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