Metal Cloak vs Synergy/Yeti?

[Shopshirt]

I get that. However you seem to be suggesting more negative caster. That would increase dive and wander especially under braking. Almost no vehicle comes factory with negative or neutral caster. I want my to track like a car does which is as you stated 6.5 -7 degrees. Rolling it forward doesn't sound right to achieve that. Unless this a factor of your lift kit. A Mojave has about 4 degrees of caster over the sport 5.5. To get more positive caster, one would lengthen the LCAs and as u said angle the pinion down to do this.

This is my reasoning behind getting the Mopar 2in lift LCAs. They are a 1/4 in longer and designed to restore the caster lost by lifting. as I sure you know. So in my case of no lift and not exceeding a .75 in spacer in the future. this would put my Mojave in 6 plus caster range as desired. My point of getting the sector brace was mitigate any box/frame flexed caused by heavy 37s as not make my caster correction goals mute. Though I am learning a Track bar brace is recommended as wells a 9/16 bolts to take out as much factory slack as possible. which also would further reducing shimmy with 37s. I'm sure we mean the same thing but I got disconnect about which CAs to change for caster.

From personal experience I can attest to how much caster impacts these trucks.

Thanks for the pic and info, the Mopar lift with the lengthened LCA's is netting me caster of 4.9 and the ride is harsh and shimmy's. I swear my truck looks like the center picture. Looking at adjustable control arms or geo brackets to get caster out to 6 to get rid of the shimmy. I've experienced full on wobble twice after hitting a bump in the road so that needs to change asap. ?

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[dayusmc]

From personal experience I can attest to how much caster impacts these trucks.

Thanks for the pic and info, the Mopar lift with the lengthened LCA's is netting me caster of 4.9 and the ride is harsh and shimmy's. I swear my truck looks like the center picture. Looking at adjustable control arms or geo brackets to get caster out to 6 to get rid of the shimmy. I've experienced full on wobble twice after hitting a bump in the road so that needs to change asap. ?

The death wobble is probably not from your caster...
Look for one of the bushings or ball joints being bad...

 

[PuddleJumper]

From personal experience I can attest to how much caster impacts these trucks.

Thanks for the pic and info, the Mopar lift with the lengthened LCA's is netting me caster of 4.9 and the ride is harsh and shimmy's. I swear my truck looks like the center picture. Looking at adjustable control arms or geo brackets to get caster out to 6 to get rid of the shimmy. I've experienced full on wobble twice after hitting a bump in the road so that needs to change asap. ?

getting a shimmy from caster sounds about right. full on wobble i kinda wanna say there's something else.

 

[JTGuy]

I am going to be installing a brace probably Synergy as everything else is on mine. I'll be asking about the shaft bolt.

 

[Josh00333]

Another Steer Smart vote.

 

[Whiteoak323]

FYI, I have verified with Steering Smarts that their sector shaft brace has been updated. Mojave do not require cutting with the latest revision. They still show the instructions because vendors can potentially have the older revision. So I decided to purchase directly from them. They are running a promo 7/16.

 

[PuddleJumper]

FYI, I have verified with Steering Smarts that their sector shaft brace has been updated. Mojave do not require cutting with the latest revision. They still show the instructions because vendors can potentially have the older revision. So I decided to purchase directly from them. They are running a promo 7/16.

thanks for the update. I personally decided against it for my Mojave. It doesn't seem to have the flex frame issue like my Rubicon does.

 

[Rusty PW]

thanks for the update. I personally decided against it for my Mojave. It doesn't seem to have the flex frame issue like my Rubicon does.

That brace also holds the steering box sector shaft in place too. With time, the shaft starts to wobble inside the box. The brace puts the shaft in a double shear configuration.

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