Does a a 1.5” Spacer lift affect steering.

[ShadowsPapa]

That's really weird. Not that it changed your steering, but that when I installed my 1.5" Teraflex kit, I started having to point at 12:15 or so to go straight on a non-windy day. If you increased the distance from the frame to the axle, that would increase the distance from the end of the pitman arm to the steering arm on the right side. I would expect to have to lengthen the drag link when lifting similar to the adjustment to the track bar when lifting.

The stock track bar has no adjustment. So you need to adjust the draglink to compensate for the axle being "slid over to the left" since you can't re-center it with the stock track bar.
So if you lift it, the axle moves left due to the NON-adjustable stock trackbar.
That means you have to change the drag link.
If you recentered it with an adjustable track bar, you'd possibly need to recenter steering IF the lift was large enough. Since the first inch or so that the drag link moves downward on a lift it doesn't swing much, recentering the axle may be enough.
But a higher lift means the drag link will swing "over" more as it swings down.

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[Russ75]

So i took most of the advice on the thread and went with teraflex 1 1/2 spacer lift with terra flex progressive bump stops., and Mopar extended lower control arms. Perfect solution for my rubbing. Installation was very simple. I also bought the 3/4 inch rear spacers but I like the stance without them. I just bought a toy hauler so if it sags after towing it I will install the rears. Thanks again everyone for your help.
Here are some bad pics.

 

[Eric Kern]

So i took most of the advice on the thread and went with teraflex 1 1/2 spacer lift with terra flex progressive bump stops., and Mopar extended lower control arms. Perfect solution for my rubbing. Installation was very simple. I also bought the 3/4 inch rear spacers but I like the stance without them. I just bought a toy hauler so if it sags after towing it I will install the rears. Thanks again everyone for your help.
Here are some bad pics.

Hey Russ, can you shoot me some more pics of those tires, some different angles?!!! About to pull the trigger on the exact same MTRs, waiting for March 1st, see if any incentives pop up...anyways gonna be doing like a Tire Rack or something like that and don’t wanna deal with trying to return them if I don’t like them in person (the size that is, I already know I love the tires)....anyways yeah, shoot some pics?!?!?! Thanks!!!!

 

[Russ75]

Hey Russ, can you shoot me some more pics of those tires, some different angles?!!! About to pull the trigger on the exact same MTRs, waiting for March 1st, see if any incentives pop up...anyways gonna be doing like a Tire Rack or something like that and don’t wanna deal with trying to return them if I don’t like them in person (the size that is, I already know I love the tires)....anyways yeah, shoot some pics?!?!?! Thanks!!!!

 

[Russ75]

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[Eric Kern]

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Looks great! Thanks bro, definitely moving ahead with those

 

[Eric Kern]

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So literally going to pick my MT/Rs up tomorrow! What psi are you running? Wear pattern seems ok? I used to run 28-30psi on my old ones (315/70R17), but obviously a slightly different size and that was on my JKUR...

 

[Russ75]

So literally going to pick my MT/Rs up tomorrow! What psi are you running? Wear pattern seems ok? I used to run 28-30psi on my old ones (315/70R17), but obviously a slightly different size and that was on my JKUR...

34 psi chalk tested

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