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No, I have not had an issue with BFG's not balancing. And BFG's are / have been an OEM tire on Wranglers for years. Clearly some people have issues with them not balancing. But most don't seem to. Balance is balance. It should just be a matter of applying the required amount of weight in the...

Tires can be funny. One person will try the KO2's and hate them, while another will love them. My experience with the KO2's was great. I have tried other tires, but so far the KO2's are the best AT tire I have tried. I have not yet tried the KO3, but assume it will be better. That said, I would...

I would clean that up, then drive it and see where it is coming from. Once it has been blown around like that it is hard to know what the original source is. While normally fluids only drip down, it can be surprising where fluids go once airflow is applied. It could be the breather tube has come...

In an ideal world the radiator cap would be the highpoint of the system and everything else would cascade up to it. But the reality is there are typically other high points in the system where air can collect. That is why many systems have one or more air bleed screws to allow you to bleed the...

Another thing that can cause a pull is a bad brakeline on the side it is pulling to. Jeep brakelines can internally collapse, acting as a one way check valve for brake pressure. When you apply the brakes the pressure goes into the caliper under that pressure. But when you release the brakes the...

No, a shorter upper arm rotates the axle back, adding caster. A shorter lower arm would reduce caster. If you have a longer lower arm it adds caster, but the same basic effect can be had by a shorter upper arm. The upper and lower arms work opposite when it comes to adding or reducing caster. A...

Strange. A shorter upper arm is more caster. More caster doesn't normally make it less stable, it makes it more stable.

In my experience issues with the caliper pins tend to lead to uneven pad wear between the two pads, inner and outer. They can also lead to things like pulling, but usually there will also be a difference in wear. That said, you should always inspect and clean the pins when replacing pads. They...

It is going to increase the load on the balljoints and wheel bearings. But probably not enough to make a noticeable difference. It will also affect the scrub radius, changing the way the steering feels as the center of the contact patch will be farther from the center of steering rotation. But...

I think it might be getting a little confusing, because while the OP is sure he has actual death wobble, there is another person saying they have the same issue but their issue may not actually be death wobble (or maybe it is, hard to say). For sure, your caster should be above 4 degrees...

My local Discount Tire uses Hunter Road Force balancers. But any balancing job is only as good as the guy doing it. The best balancing equipment you can get is worthless if the guy running it doesn't know or care what he is doing.

If you have death wobble, I would fix that. Adjusting caster for more or less caster is not going to fix death wobble. It may affect how often you get death wobble, but it is generally not the source of death wobble unless your caster is so low it simply is not stable. I would for sure set up...

If you run both longer lower front control arms and adjustable uppers, the length of the uppers would have to be longer than the standard Clayton numbers. It is not, as mentioned, about control arm length but rather about how much caster do you actually have. It is actually really common to run...

If you have the gas engine and stock gears, I would probably not go bigger than 33" tires if you aren't going to regear. Although, the 34" KO2 is really a 33" tire, regardless of what the printed specs say. I do like how narrow it is and consider it as a good choice. I do like the KO2, but I...

Toyo owns Nitto. I only have experience with one set of Nitto tires, Ridge Grapplers. They are an okay tire, but not great. They are pretty tuff, but at the expensive of being heavy and stiff compared to better tires I have run. I think the Toyo option is above Nitto.

I like those setups. I won't do something like that, when I travel I need more comfort. I need an RV Travel Trailer. But if I was thinking of doing a rooftop tent I would want it mounted to a trailer instead of on the vehicle I was driving. It seems way more practical to be able to set up camp...

Nice. Are you going to use an upgraded tongue? So it can handle more extreme angles?

The Rocksport Red SS should be low pressure gas charged, similar to the factory SS. The Bilstein SS is high pressure gas charged and can cause a push / pull. An easy way to install either, but especially the Bilstein, is to use a large ziptie wrapped around the SS lengthwise to hold it at a...

We have been to the Bantam Jeep Festival near Butler PA a few times. It is fun. It has vendors to browse, and trails to run your Jeep on. Nothing crazy, but enough to be fun. Very relaxed atmosphere. And you can see where the Jeep started (hint, not Willys)

Yep, it is a slippery slope. One that I tend to slide down all too easily. I like the TeraFlex Alpine arms. They are stout, they use rubber bushings which help with NVH, delivering a smoother ride, and they use a clamp adjuster instead of a locknut. It is way easier to use the clamp on the...