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 Post subject: Alignment After a Lift
PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 3:06 pm 
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I installed new OME springs and shocks on me jeep yesterday. :SOMBRERO:
Using a tape measure I got the toe angle aligned within a 1/8 inch. (Measuring the front/rear of the front tires)
How long should I let the lift "settle" before I get it taken for alignment?
Jeep dealer where it will be aligned at is 15 miles away.

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 Post subject: Re: Alignment After a Lift
PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 3:10 pm 
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I got mine aligned the next morning. I drove probably 20-25 miles before the alignment.

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 Post subject: Re: Alignment After a Lift
PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 4:29 pm 
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Should always get it aligned right away and then again when it settles in good

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 Post subject: Re: Alignment After a Lift
PostPosted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 11:08 pm 
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I would assume that settling in good would be 1,000 miles or so?

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 Post subject: Re: Alignment After a Lift
PostPosted: Wed Mar 12, 2014 1:59 am 
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All depends on type of roads and if you take it out and twist it up good to fully seat everything in. On my own I do right after I install a new one on mine, then in about 750-1000, then again in about 2-3000.

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 Post subject: Re: Alignment After a Lift
PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 1:35 pm 
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Hello, a garage make an alignment after a lift 2' and spacer, but i've got a problem, on the highway some time i've got a bad feeling, that the rear of the liberty wan't go in the front, is some one got the same problem? thanks.


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 Post subject: Re: Alignment After a Lift
PostPosted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 2:06 pm 
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fredfree wrote:
Hello, a garage make an alignment after a lift 2' and spacer, but i've got a problem, on the highway some time i've got a bad feeling, that the rear of the liberty wan't go in the front, is some one got the same problem? thanks.


Lots of things it could be
* alignment done incorrectly
* worn parts missed by the alignment tech
* spacer lift combined with worn out springs and shocks
* worn lower rear control arms will make it go down the road like an old woman on roller skates
* worn upper rear control arm will as well to a degree

Some questions
How many miles on the KJ?
How long has the spacer lift been on?
Tires in good shape or worn ?

If shocks and springs have over 55-60,000 miles I would advise never to install a spacer lift due to the springs sagging with age and miles and the shocks due for replacement

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 Post subject: Re: Alignment After a Lift
PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 5:51 am 
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hello, shocks are new, tires are new, rear up and down control arms are new, i don't uderstand why my liberty is moving some time, the car move whem i stop pushing on the accelerator...


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 Post subject: Re: Alignment After a Lift
PostPosted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 12:36 pm 
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Cross caster could be off. Go thru and loosen all the bolts with the jeep on its own weight, then retorque. You could have "preloaded" the bushings.

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