Rock Krawler 3" X Factor JT System

[Squidly]

UPDATE, just got back from a 2,500 mile trip. I left two days after installation and even towed a motorcycle trailer the whole way. All in all I'm happy with the kit. A little bit of forward rake, no squeaks but even after an alignment, it still pulls to the right a bit. Swapped tires back and forth and no change in the pull. Has to be something as it didn't do it before. RK shocks are really nice as compared to Bilstein 5100's I had before, and night and day over the stock suspension. Pretty happy so far. Have yet to test flex or off-road ability as I need to pull the front springs to put in the bump stops (didn't come with the hardware and couldn't get to the store during installation). Would be happier if I could figure out this pulling issue. Overall, great quality so far.

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[HH60Driver]

Installed my kit last week. Looks incredible. Added 1” spacer up front to eliminate the rake look. Installed 37x13.50x17 Toyo open country MTs with it. I can’t get rid of this tight pull. Pulled it in today to adjust the control arms and fine tune the track bar and rear triangle. Still pulling. Kinda driving me nuts. Had it on an alignment rack last week and all measurements are within specs with 5 degrees of castor. Can’t figure it out. Gonna put the stock wheels and tires on tomorrow to check my sanity.

 

[Squidly]

Installed my kit last week. Looks incredible. Added 1” spacer up front to eliminate the rake look. Installed 37x13.50x17 Toyo open country MTs with it. I can’t get rid of this tight pull. Pulled it in today to adjust the control arms and fine tune the track bar and rear triangle. Still pulling. Kinda driving me nuts. Had it on an alignment rack last week and all measurements are within specs with 5 degrees of castor. Can’t figure it out. Gonna put the stock wheels and tires on tomorrow to check my sanity.

Let me know what you find as I'm facing the same issue, is your pull to the right ??

 

[HH60Driver]

Let me know what you find as I'm facing the same issue, is your pull to the right ??

Yes. Pulling right

 

[SoCalGladiator]

Yes. Pulling right

I am a rookie alignment guy, but did you adjust your drag link after the lift? Maybe your steering is not centered?

 

[Squidly]

Yes. Pulling right

Has to be something with the kit, mine is pulling to the right as well. @Rock Krawler Suspension has been quiet on here for a long time, wish they would respond to some of these questions.

 

[Duke56]

I am a rookie alignment guy, but did you adjust your drag link after the lift? Maybe your steering is not centered?

When I first installed my kit, The steering wheel was off center a lot and it didn’t cause pulling but it threw error codes and disabled stability and traction control until I recentered it Via the drag link as you mention. The JT has electric power steering and lots of nanny sensors now.

 

[aw2657]

Has to be something with the kit, mine is pulling to the right as well. @Rock Krawler Suspension has been quiet on here for a long time, wish they would respond to some of these questions.

After I installed mine and adjusted the drag link it drove straight as an arrow on the first test drive. I did see somewhere on here that someone installed the coil pads on the wrong sides which caused pulling for someone. Not that you did but something to think about. And I’m assuming it didn’t pull at all before. Wish I could help.... I know how frustrating these issues are. Good luck and let us know.

 

[Membrain]

After I installed mine and adjusted the drag link it drove straight as an arrow on the first test drive. I did see somewhere on here that someone installed the coil pads on the wrong sides which caused pulling for someone. Not that you did but something to think about. And I’m assuming it didn’t pull at all before. Wish I could help.... I know how frustrating these issues are. Good luck and let us know.

To the guys that have the right pull, did you install the kift yourself or by a shop?

 

[Squidly]

To the guys that have the right pull, did you install the kift yourself or by a shop?

I did do the install myself, but I can assure you that it wasn't my first time, by a long shot. Coil spring spacers are on the correct sides as well.

 

[HH60Driver]

I installed myself as well. I believe the coil spacers are the same on this kit L and R. For the front anyway. The rears have a L and R specific spacer.

 

[T8T]

I have been troubleshooting this very same thing. I just installed a Clayton OffRoad 2.5 Overland Plus kit, Fox shocks and a Fox Stabilizer. Alignment within Spec. except fo the caster. currently at 4.3ish. My feeling its the stabilizer causing the pull to the right in my case. Read somewhere others have had similar results with this Stabilizer model (IFP 98524173).

 

[Membrain]

I have been troubleshooting this very same thing. I just installed a Clayton OffRoad 2.5 Overland Plus kit, Fox shocks and a Fox Stabilizer. Alignment within Spec. except fo the caster. currently at 4.3ish. My feeling its the stabilizer causing the pull to the right in my case. Read somewhere others have had similar results with this Stabilizer model (IFP 98524173).

Can the other guys read-in with their front stabilizer brand.

 

[aw2657]

Can the other guys read-in with their front stabilizer brand.

I have the Teraflex Falcon 2.2 on mine with no pull at all.

 

[Squidly]

I'm still using the stock steering stabilizer. Ran into that issue with a Bilstein on my old JK, so I knew better than to replace that at this point. Plus bump steer is nonexistent at the moment, but maybe that's due to the constant push.

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