i have some ? about steering after a five inch lift.

[cpljenkins01]

I am trying to get everything back in line but it seems to be alot harder than it should be. When i hit a bump or a hill or dip i am fighting to make sure it dont go anywhere. When i am riding down the road smooth straigh line im good. I have a steering stabalizer and drop pitman arm on it too. So why does it continue to do this?

 

[waskly]

ball joints, wheel play? alignment. might need a steering damper. also big tires, will pull the steering.

 

[4x4junkie]

Um... I asked you in your other thread:


Is the angle of your steering linkage correct??

http://www.therangerstation.com/Magazine/winter2008/steering_tech.htm

 

[RustySJohnson]

Picture?

We are visual animals.

 

[cpljenkins01]

Got it figured out. It was multible of things. Different tires, sheering out of line, and i had to my camber off.

 

[bones66]

lifted explorers are notorious for never staying in alignment just had to do my alignment yet again after my brand new bfg's were cupping. i also highly recommend superlifts superrunner steering kit. drops tie rods and makes them even length. huge help on lifted explorers

 

[jd4242]

What drop arm do you have?the one that comes with kits is not the right one.you probably need the fa 600.sounds like bump steer

 

[4x4junkie]

lifted explorers are notorious for never staying in alignment just had to do my alignment yet again after my brand new bfg's were cupping. i also highly recommend superlifts superrunner steering kit. drops tie rods and makes them even length. huge help on lifted explorers

You didn't mention you have to cut the centerlink bracket off that kit and lower it down even more before that kit actually works properly (see the link I posted earlier above). Without that, it's improvement over a simple drop pitman arm (and the jacked-up steering linkage that goes with it) is barely anything more than marginal.