Happy new year everyone! This is my first time joining and posting something in here. I recently purchase a set of Rock Jock spring CE-9132FP for my Jeep LJ. This brand was recommended by many you guys in here. After installing them, I'm at a lost of why both spring would bow outwards. I know that if the lower arms are too short or long the spring will bow forward or backward but my track bar is dead center. why is both spring still bowing outward? both spring are setting in its place correctly. What is going one here? Please help.
Rock Jock Springs Bowing Outwards
- Thread starter Leexiong
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What are the alignment specs (caster) on your Jeep after the lift OR have you had the front end aligned since the lift installation ?
I’m curious as to what all has been done to the axle prior to springs. Looks like the spring perch could have been moved at one point but it’s hard to tell from the photos. Not saying that is the issue, but it could point in the direction of solving the issue.
There's only one way to still the front spring. top side is smaller, bottom side wider to set on top of the spring bucket.
ITs a stock TJ dana 44. nothing has been done to it other then WJ knuckle swap
No, I have not had alignment as of yet. but it drives good with no pull, straight down the highway at 70.
Looks like the axle may not be sitting center under the vehicle. Obviously it has an adjustable track bar, maybe it wasn't adjusted properly.
from my mesurements its seems to be center. but let's say if it wasn't, wouldn't both spring bow the same direction?
I'm not entirely sure. I guess an easy way to tell would be to look at the vehicle straight on from the front. If the axle is more towards one side it would be obvious I'd thing. You could also measure the amount of tire exposed on each side using the fender flare as the reference point.
The way I measure it was from the same spot on the frame to the same spot on the tires.
Did the axle come in the jeep or did it have a Dana 30 that was swapped for a Dana 44? I wonder if someone changed the spring perch when they swapped the axle? What did the springs you pulled off the same axle look like? It definitely looks like a misalignment of the top and bottom perch.
It looks like the springs are off center at the lower bump stop and they may need to be rotated inward around the lower spring mount so the bump stop sits in the center of the spring.
Hockey pucks,if it came out of a tj,and the welds look factory,it would have to be a trac bar adjustment?
The axle came with the jeep its a Rubicon, Factory dana 44. the spring that I replace these with was a 3in JKS spring and it did not bow like this.
I tried everything, even try to push the sping inward after setting the spring in. without the weight of the jeep of course.
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