alekz
NAXJA Forum User
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- Tucson, AZ
Hello.
I did a search on death wobble as I've had this problem in the past on a '92 XJ. added new tires to that one and everything was fine.
My current question is regarding a '00 XJ, Up until yesterday it had been stock with new tires, no problem, It was pulling a little bit to the right so I was going to take it in for an alignment anyways.
We put in 3" springs and 2" shackles, nothing else. My question is...am I ok with just the 3" springs and nothing else up front?(LCA's, etc...)
The only thing we moved was the sway bar and sway bar links which got disconnected since we needed a little bit of extra flex to get the springs in. other than that nothing else was disconnected. There is now DW at about 65-70 MPH with tires I had no problems before and driving back I put on some spares and those DW starting at 45MPH depending on the road(bumps, etc).
The sway bar seems to be pulling harder(more pressure upward as the nut is being untightened) on the right side and the links are very close to the spring(more on the left side than on the right), not upright, but like pointing to the spring, and the pull to the right that was there before is way more noticeable.
I haven't read anything really relating the sway bar and DW, would the sway bar have anything to do with it or can I totally disconnect it and be fine on the freeway?
I'm going to throw on the 31" tires I had on the old '92 that solved the problem and take it in for an alignment, just thought I'd post this before to see if I get any feedback as to what to do regarding the sway bar and sway bar links...or if this would be solved with the alignment.
I'm guessing I got a little under 3" of lift up front since I have a winch and heavy bumper on there too.
any help/comments greatly appreciated.
thanks
I did a search on death wobble as I've had this problem in the past on a '92 XJ. added new tires to that one and everything was fine.
My current question is regarding a '00 XJ, Up until yesterday it had been stock with new tires, no problem, It was pulling a little bit to the right so I was going to take it in for an alignment anyways.
We put in 3" springs and 2" shackles, nothing else. My question is...am I ok with just the 3" springs and nothing else up front?(LCA's, etc...)
The only thing we moved was the sway bar and sway bar links which got disconnected since we needed a little bit of extra flex to get the springs in. other than that nothing else was disconnected. There is now DW at about 65-70 MPH with tires I had no problems before and driving back I put on some spares and those DW starting at 45MPH depending on the road(bumps, etc).
The sway bar seems to be pulling harder(more pressure upward as the nut is being untightened) on the right side and the links are very close to the spring(more on the left side than on the right), not upright, but like pointing to the spring, and the pull to the right that was there before is way more noticeable.
I haven't read anything really relating the sway bar and DW, would the sway bar have anything to do with it or can I totally disconnect it and be fine on the freeway?
I'm going to throw on the 31" tires I had on the old '92 that solved the problem and take it in for an alignment, just thought I'd post this before to see if I get any feedback as to what to do regarding the sway bar and sway bar links...or if this would be solved with the alignment.
I'm guessing I got a little under 3" of lift up front since I have a winch and heavy bumper on there too.
any help/comments greatly appreciated.
thanks