Alignment questions - adjustable ball joints

[quetscoatl]

Is there any fix for the steering damper pushing right if it is?
Just different type?

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[froril]

My bilstein stabilizer made my steering pull to the left. Troubleshooting I took the stabilizer off and no pull.

Replaced it with a Falcon Nexus 2.2. It’s like it’s on rails now and I would know I’m a locomotive engineer.

 

[froril]

Is there any fix for the steering damper pushing right if it is?
Just different type?

A safe bet is a stabilizer with a through shaft. I’m sure there’s lots of suggestions from forum members though.

 

[quetscoatl]

here I thought a steering stabilizer was a simple upgrade

 

[quetscoatl]

It wasn't the steering stabilizer

 

[froril]

Bad wheel bearing or brake rubbing maybe? Tire pressure can make it pull. Track bar. The steering stabilizer was a good one to eliminate.

 

[WILDHOBO]

I have a 2020 rubicon. I just added aev's 2.5 inch lift with high capacity springs. On the drive back the alignment seemed fine, at least I didn't notice anything obvious. I then added the aev steering damper. After that it seemed to pull to the right. I took it to an more old school alignment shop and they said everything seemed set right, in specs but it did pull slightly right. He said he couldn't make any other adjustments without adjustable ball joints. I guess I'm just asking if he is correct and if it would be worth it to add adjustable ball joints. going to add shadowspapa name here hoping he responds. Thanks in advance

Adjustable? Mine have adjustable preload, but I’m not sure how ball joints in jeeps could be adjusted for alignment.

 

[WILDHOBO]

you are right. It is about a half inch further out on the driver side. An adjustable track bar would correct that?

Definitely.

 

[WILDHOBO]

Yes , pick a strong one many are out there . Go to extreme terrain can see many different ones for sell. Myself and some others that do off road have chosen solid forged ones . But if your a hard top guy a DOM would be fine. Steer smarts etc.. remove the factory track bar measure it (temporarily set the new one to that length if it dont move over )stick the new one in . Then adjust it and pull it back over till you have equal amount on both sides. This should help.
Some times upon removal of the factory trackball it will actually jump over to center ( not always) adjust till measurement is the same.

This.

 

[WILDHOBO]

It wasn't the steering stabilizer

It usually isn’t.

 

[RubiNewbCB]

Sharing for the discussion about Bilstein Stabilizer/dampners, he explains why they pull. It's due to the gas bubble inside causing a constant push on the ram.



I recently installed the AEV Bilstein variant and it does cause a slight pull, I'm also working out all the adjustments in my suspension too due to all the recent upgrades.

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