2013 jeep 4dr is all over the road on the highway .not even drivable floats all over
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GregMort13
Caught the Bug
Honestly you should really check your castor. I know if your castor is off your jeep will do crazy things like what your describing. Also, did you do a draglink flip kit?
WJCO
Meme King
He said earlier that caster was at 7 and he dropped to 5.5. I was thinking the same thing. 5.5 if anything should help with returning to center.
WJCO
Meme King
Good call on the toe check if you haven't already. The ONLY other thing I can think of and this is a big stretch is that you have a binding outer axle joint that won't let your steering return to center. I've seen ball joints do it on the Dodge 2500s and 3500s but as you said, your ball joints are brand new.
WJCO
Meme King
Your caster does change. Camber stays the same. And I believe toe stays the same too. I imagine toe would change with the high steer kit though.
WJCO
Meme King
That tells me something is keeping it in one direction. Have you tried removing the stabilizer and driving it just to see if the symptom goes away? Another thing I would suggest is to jack up the front end and turn the wheels back and forth, see if you can see/feel any parts that are binding. Even check your steering shaft, etc.
GregMort13
Caught the Bug
Which kit did you use? I bought the evo drag link flip kit and drilled out to 7/8 and was experiencing exactly what you are describing. Hinrichs went through the same exact thing.
Evo recently changed their directions from drilling out 13/16 to 7/8. Me and jim were both experiencing flighty steering like your describing and both resolved our issues two different ways.
My correction involved calling synergy and buying the silver sleeve from them for 20$ shipped. Synergy has always used a 7/8s drill bit and their silver sleeve is different then evos. This solved my problem and tightened my steering right up. The only downfall to this solution was the sleeve was a little taller then evos so my nut is threaded on not as far as i would like. Nothing a little blue loctite wouldnt fix. Problem solved.
Hinrichs (Jim) actually went on amazon and ordered a new passenger side steering knuckle, ordered a 13/16 bit, redrilled his new knuckle and problem solved using the evo sleeve still.
My honest opinion is to go for Jims fix. Its the correct way to fix this problem just a little pricier.
Make sure when you drill your knuckle you drill nice and slow and careful and use drilling oil to cool down the metal. Ovaling this hole will cause you nothing but problems. My 7/8s hole with a 13/16 sleeve in it actually broke my evo sleeve in half because it was so loose. It being so loose and driving my jeep back and forth to work woukd actually cause the nut to back itself out. I would have to tighten this bolt every week so my drag link didnt fall out and me lose steering.
Just my 2 cents. Hope this helps.
GregMort13
Caught the Bug
YES! This was mine and hinrichs problem! Grab your draglink near your steering knuckle and yank on it. I bet you its loose.