Thanks Mike! Hope these pictures help. Surprised that's all it takes to run 38s, haha. I have to lift my Blazer 6" to run 37s.
It shouldn't have a drop pitman arm with the raised axle side track bar mount it has. It also had a drag link flip kit on it. If it has some handling issues I'd start with lowering the tire pressure. If it was on a dealers lot I bet they're over inflated. Running 38's lower them to 27-30 psi and see what that does. If nothing changes it may need to caster adjustments.Thank you for all your responses, I really appreciate everyone's time. Also glad to hear all these components sound high-quality. This JK was at a Subaru dealer. I noticed the Rigid and JW Speaker lights, the aluminum fenders, heims joints everywhere, and the zinc plating on the trailing arms. I could tell someone put a lot of money in this rig, so I couldn't pass up making this my first Jeep.
There are some handling issues on the road and I doubt it has a drop pitman arm. Thanks for the info, so I can order the right parts
I'm currently building an 84 K5 rock crawler, once that's done, I have a 68 GTO that needs body work, then an 84 K10 that needs to become a buggy; I'm also a home and Harley owner. If it weren't for money pits, all I'd have is a mountain bike and a bunch of books ;-)Congratulations, you bought a money pit!! Welcome to the club!
Thanks for the info. I thought the same about the tire pressure, and after driving through a salted parking lot, I could see the lack of contact patch. I want to say I brought them all down to 15PSI, and it made a massive difference. Before that, I took it to a 4x4 alignment shop that did really good work. It's likely the geometry is fine and I just need to get use to it. All I know are leaf-sprung trucks, so this is all new. I feel I'm getting use to it, and it probably wouldn't be as bad with an automatic trans. However, with the change in drivetrain torque in and out of the gas, it wants to wonder.
