Super productive weekend:
Saturday --
Replaced the sway bar bushings + silicone grease - steering thudding sound is gone. Feels solid. Yay!!
Finally managed to install the front molar tow hooks without taking off the bumper with the help of a friend. Dyed those red as well as the d ring...
So obviously the scissors jack that came with the car is pretty useless now that it has been lifted. Using bricks and 2x4s under it is not favorable.
What do you guys use as your jack?
I'd love to get something that can be used for both car work/flat tire fix on the road/maybe off-road use...
Cool guys thanks. I managed to replace both bushings without jacking up the truck. Didn't have to do the end links gonna return the parts to Amazon. Thudding sound on steering is gone! I'm happy and thanks to this forum I saved a bunch of $$$
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Given the car is on flat surface and steering is straight must I lift the car before replacing the sway bar bushings? (and end links?)
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Well couldn't get the cross bars to fit the rails once those were mounted from the inside of the roof rack (not enough clearance). Had to let go of the roof rack for now...
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Got realigned. Tires rebalanced. Still not within spec. Tried again to mount the front tow hooks without removing the front bumper to no avail. Add rear D ring receiver hitch (well that's easy). Removed roof rack so truck will fit in the garage door. [emoji44]
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It actually drives fine now. It was worse before. Are you saying that once coils get broken in it'll be easier to get closer to spec?
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Absolutely no idea. I think previous tech was really unprofessional and on a hurry to rush me out. Tire balance was bad too.
Still stock UCAs yep.
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After having highway vibrations and steering wheel pulling left hard I went and got another alignment. The tech seemed knowledgeable and spent lots of time on it and got rid of the vibrations (that was bad balance) and pulling. Results seem worse than before but steering behaves way better...
Yesterday while driving on the highway I had to break pretty hard, nothing happened but the ABS light turned on and stayed on since. I don't have a code reader. KJ was lifted few weeks ago..
Did some searches here couldn't find anything relevant.
What should I check/do/fix?
Donno if this has been posted here in the past or not but it's.. eh.. both funny and sad, take a look: :gr_grin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ntd8xnYShg
Pfff thats close, I can't do 4" lift with a roof rack here for sure.. Kinda worried about what happens when I add couple of clevis conduit nuts when I get my JCA UCAs..
unfortunately I live in an apartment building (city boy) so I can't really mess with the garage door to make it open higher...
Ahh cool trick, drewwenmoth.. I'll give it a try..
I guess I need two people for that - so I won't have to place the rack on the truck's roof while sliding the cross bars through it.. (since its way narrower than the KJ's roof rails)
Dave - it's an inch thing, probably even less.
There're trucks I can lift for this price. My 90$ roof rack has nothing wrong and serves its purpose well only it's too high for my driveway with the cross bars on.
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