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Jeep Wrangler YJ
YJ General Discussion
What parts do I order?
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<blockquote data-quote="machoheadgames" data-source="post: 437097" data-attributes="member: 18789"><p>A few things. You do not have control arms, you have a leaf spring suspension. If you want it to handle better, ditch those long leaf spring shackles and get some stock ones instead. </p><p></p><p>Ball joints don’t affect alignment. If they’re bad, replacing them is the way to go, but new ball joints would return the alignment back to how it’s supposed to be if the bad ball joints were what caused the alignment to go bad in the first place. </p><p></p><p>The only other adjustment to make would be the toe-in angle on the tires. As long as the toe-in is in the right range then it should be fine. An alignment report will tell you that. Those wheels you have that stick way out increase the scrub radius which means you need to add some extra toe-in to prevent toe-ing out from dynamic road forces like braking and driving. </p><p></p><p>What actual issue are you having with how it handles?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="machoheadgames, post: 437097, member: 18789"] A few things. You do not have control arms, you have a leaf spring suspension. If you want it to handle better, ditch those long leaf spring shackles and get some stock ones instead. Ball joints don’t affect alignment. If they’re bad, replacing them is the way to go, but new ball joints would return the alignment back to how it’s supposed to be if the bad ball joints were what caused the alignment to go bad in the first place. The only other adjustment to make would be the toe-in angle on the tires. As long as the toe-in is in the right range then it should be fine. An alignment report will tell you that. Those wheels you have that stick way out increase the scrub radius which means you need to add some extra toe-in to prevent toe-ing out from dynamic road forces like braking and driving. What actual issue are you having with how it handles? [/QUOTE]
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