Rough Country drop bracket install w/ pics

muddeprived said:
Hey guys, i have a problem here. I have exactly 4.5" lift up front and running the drop brackets. My issue is obvious:

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The axle is too far forward, tilting the spring (upper coil is not seated correctly on coil spacer) and making the sway bar link bracket hit the coil spring.

What can i do to solve this? I love how it rides but concerned about this issue.
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doesn't look like ur arms are correctly adjusted. mine took a wee bit of tweeking.
try sucking the top in a bit or lengthening the lowers a tad- not much though
 
bcmaxx said:
doesn't look like ur arms are correctly adjusted. mine took a wee bit of tweeking.
try sucking the top in a bit or lengthening the lowers a tad- not much though
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I don't think they're adjustables...

I say run it.

Robert
 
homebrew said:
I have almost 6 inches, my springs look the same way. Do you have the spring seated correctly on the bottom?
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Yes.


I have the lowers adjusted forward as far as i can get them via the caster adjustment bolt. I have about 1/2" more forward but my caster adjustment bracket is maxed out.

Think RC's adjustable lower control arms would help?
 
muddeprived said:
Run it? and have my sway bar rubbing against the spring?
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It's just the bottom coil, right? It won't move much at all relative to the axle.

And spring steel is tough, it's not like it going to wear away.

So unless it's making noise, I don't see the problem.

Robert
 
Just finished everything on my jeep. I've got 4.5 inch coils, 2 inch spacers, but I took out the stock spring isolator so overall I have 5.5 and I'm using stock control arms. My only concern with this install is the braces in the rear, the bolts thats hold that are only bolted into sheetmetal on that part of the frame. Which means it only has like one thread grabbing it, anyone have any problems with it stripping out ever? I was thinking that welding it on or at least tacking it would solve any potential problems
 
WrenchMonkey said:
It's just the bottom coil, right? It won't move much at all relative to the axle.

And spring steel is tough, it's not like it going to wear away.

So unless it's making noise, I don't see the problem.

Robert
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The third coil down from the top hits the sway bar link. Can't see it well in the picture but it does. It clanks when it rubs. it shouldn't be that close, or even touching the coil. Look at the hockey pucks, how they are not aligned with the bumpstop tower.
 
muddeprived said:
The third coil down from the top hits the sway bar link. Can't see it well in the picture but it does. It clanks when it rubs. it shouldn't be that close, or even touching the coil. Look at the hockey pucks, how they are not aligned with the bumpstop tower.
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Okay, I misunderstood, sorry.

I'm still not convinced the misalignment is a problem, but I see what you mean about the swaybar.

Could you remount the swaybar itself (on the frame) forward an inch or two? That'd pull the links off the spring.

Or you could try moving the adjustment shoes back, I guess it ought to move the axle back at least a little...

Good luck...

Robert
 
WrenchMonkey said:
Okay, I misunderstood, sorry.

I'm still not convinced the misalignment is a problem, but I see what you mean about the swaybar.

Could you remount the swaybar itself (on the frame) forward an inch or two? That'd pull the links off the spring.

Or you could try moving the adjustment shoes back, I guess it ought to move the axle back at least a little...

Good luck...

Robert
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Yeah it's not alignment. I had the adjustment bolt all the way back when i first installed it and noticed the sway bar rubbing really bad so i had the alignment shop push it forward as far as it could go and still be able to put the two nuts on the back. When it was all the way back, the coil spring had a bad arch to it.

What's funny is the sway bar is touching on the passenger side but almost an inch and half away on the driver's side. I thought maybe the axle wasn't set up straight so i measured the wheelbase and the passenger side is actually 1/4" shorter than the driver's side. Doesn't make sense.
 
muddeprived said:
Hey guys, i have a problem here. I have exactly 4.5" lift up front and running the drop brackets. My issue is obvious:

PIC-0184.jpg



The axle is too far forward, tilting the spring (upper coil is not seated correctly on coil spacer) and making the sway bar link bracket hit the coil spring.

What can i do to solve this? I love how it rides but concerned about this issue.
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extend the length of your swaybar disconnects about 1" to 2"
 
89xj said:
extend the length of your swaybar disconnects about 1" to 2"
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That would probably get it off the coil but i would like to adjust how the coil sits on the coil spacer. It's only seated partially, as you can see on the top coil. Maybe twist the coil around or something?
 
Move the sway-bar forward and down an inch. You can fab your own brackets or buy them.
At some point you really should get adjustable control arms to dial in your front, more strength too.
 
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boomhauer said:
Move the sway-bar forward and down an inch. You can fab your own brackets or buy them.
At some point you really should get adjustable control arms to dial in your front, more strength too.
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Yeah i'm thinking of RC's adjustable lowers for now and uppers next year (after xmas). From how i see it, if i get adjustable lowers and lenthen them, it'll push the sway bar up some and possibily off the coil, plus the hockey puck tower will tilt towards the rear and line up with the bumpstop tower and also the coil should seat better instead of leaning forward. Or adjustable uppers and shorten them? I dunno if the uppers can be adjusted shorter than stock.
 
so i just got my drop brakets yesterday. they look great. i have the RC 4.5 kit. and was thinking of just getting all new stock replacement arms. the jeep is 90% on road. is there any one that hasn't hade a problem wioth the axel being pushed to far forward when at 4.5 using stock arms? it seems the axel is always pushed to far forward.
thanks
 
i like that my axle sits forward. it used to collapse my front driveshaft when it sat on the "frame rails".
 
I installed my RE drop brackets a month ago and used my 4.5" lift adjustable arms but didn't touch them when I put them in the new brackets and think the axle is in the perfect position. Of course with my acos i am probably at 6" of lift but i find the axle is now "centered" in the wheel well.
 
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