Rear Track Bar, 2 inch Lift.?

[scott slade]

Front end rebuilt after collision.  Steering wheel still tilted to one side but drives straight after alignment etc.. shop told me that because I have a 2 inch lift and a stock rear track bar,  that my LJ goes down the road like a dog. Got JKS adjustable up front and the steering wheel was straight before I got hit. Buddy says without new rear adjustable bar my steering wheel will always be tilted.... WTF.?  I think I am being fed a load here...   Thoughts.?

[fug]

I call BS too.  It's a fairly straight forward adjustment... you just need to loosen the collar on the drag link and rotate to line steering wheel up.    There's a number of videos on youtube that will walk you through it.

[AV.NINE]

Or bring it by scott. You probably bent your tie rod a bit (jeep tie rods bend if you look at them funny). I can adjust your wheel back straight, it'll take 2 minutes.

[scott slade]

Thats what I thought.... I was shocked but not surprised that an "autobody shop" said "we took the wheel off and took a look, nothing seemed broken so we just sent her out for a wheel alignment"...  gotta call the insurance adjuster again... will keep ya posted....

[w squared]

They are right that with an adjustable track bar on the front and a stock track bar on the rear your front axle will probably be centered and your rear axle will probably not be....but that has nothing to do with your steering wheel being crooked. Any one of the guys on here that is experienced at breaking their TJ can probably walk you through how to do it pretty quickly.

[scott slade]

Thanks for all of your help on this topic... I will get in touch with some of you soon to get it straight.   All in all... great body shop, just not mechanical minded folk....