Noob question on alignments / driveline

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Murfphy

Member
My background:
Moved to Mexico not to long ago. Its a desert where i live. About 3hrs away from the AZ border.
Im from SF. Never really looked into jeeping till I moved here. Potholes are rampant here(it's kinda fun driving out here with a off road vehicle, anyways)

My wonderful truck info:
2008 jk
3.5 medalcloak arb lift
Moog adjustable ball joints
Adjustable LCA, UCA and front / rear trackbar
STICKSHIFT


I drove to Tucson to get a alignment done yesterday. I was reading the numbers but the reality is i do not understand them totally.
From what i read, the caster seems to be to much for my drive line.
Am i correct about this?

Even with a google search and hours of reading, i learn with my hands and i actually need to see and feel that of what im trying to learn (if that makes sense).

So will these number shorten my driveline life. If so, should I have them correct it or just get another driveline.

How it rides:
-I places 9oz bb's in the 35x12.5x17 beadlock tires.
-Tires are off balanced and shakes at 65mph
-Other than the tire shakes, seems to ride better than it did prior to.

Being my first lift, I have nothing to compare to. Just concerned about my driveline.

Thanks guys.
 

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RMC2

RMC2

Caught the Bug
I am curious how they changed your rear settings. They changed your toe in and caster on your REAR axle?

Seems fishy.
 
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Murfphy

Member
Rmc2 didn't see the response till now.

They adjusted my front passenger side LCA which I readjusted back to get rid of the out of spec caster.

They installed moog adjustable ball joints in her. I asked if the dynatrac ball joints I have are better they say no.

I thought dynatracs were the best in the market so I started to see smoke signals being blown out thy gluteus maximus.

They charged me a lot of money for this but because I drove in from mexico and didn't want to spend the night or two looking for another place, I paid it.

I'll never be going back there again. And I'm not sure if folks flam shops here but I'm a noob on the forum and I'm learning as I go.

So I assume that adjusting the rear is not a normal feat hmmm?
 
WJCO

WJCO

Meme King
Murfphy said:
Rmc2 didn't see the response till now.

They adjusted my front passenger side LCA which I readjusted back to get rid of the out of spec caster.

They installed moog adjustable ball joints in her. I asked if the dynatrac ball joints I have are better they say no.

I thought dynatracs were the best in the market so I started to see smoke signals being blown out thy gluteus maximus.

They charged me a lot of money for this but because I drove in from mexico and didn't want to spend the night or two looking for another place, I paid it.

I'll never be going back there again. And I'm not sure if folks flam shops here but I'm a noob on the forum and I'm learning as I go.

So I assume that adjusting the rear is not a normal feat hmmm?
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Murfphy said:
Dang, just did a little searching and that is fishy......
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There are no adjustments on the rear.
 
Ginlow

Ginlow

New member
I agree with others on here, somethings fishy! Sounds like they got you on the ball joints as well....

I just put new ball joints in my Dodge and it was a toss up between Dynatrac ball joints, and Carli extreme duty ball joints. They are both of great quality and I ended up going with the Carli, but second choice would of been Dynatrac for sure.
 
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Strike Force Zebra

Strike Force Zebra

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Murfphy said:
They installed moog adjustable ball joints in her. I asked if the dynatrac ball joints I have are better they say no.

I thought dynatracs were the best in the market so I started to see smoke signals being blown out thy gluteus maximus.

So I assume that adjusting the rear is not a normal feat hmmm?
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Dynatrac ball joints are rebuildable (IMO the best too). They took you!!!!!!
 
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