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Offline Jeffy

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wheel rub on a tj need help
« Reply #15 on: July 21, 2006, 08:02:44 PM »
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-- well maybe only in NYC and LA  :lol:

What are you doing, driving in straight lines and getting onboard friends to lean left when you want to steer a little right?

Could I have gone with adjusting the steering stops and been ok? Sure. But, making the tight turns like stock is nice, I gotta admit. :D


Well, I've driven in LA quite a bit and never did a U-turn.  Always knew where I was going and never had to backtrack. :lol:

My tires rub at full turn and no washers.  I live with it since it's only marginal and I'm never doing a full-lock turn at speed in the Jeep.  Although with the Detroit, I could drift it...

And for loosing some of the turning radious, I doubt I'd miss it.  Most of the time when doing a U-turn, you're not trying to turn around on a one lane highway.  Use a U-turn on a aisle of a parking lot?  It's got to be pretty wide since it's difficult to do one in most compast cars without having to back up at least once.

There are only three options to stopping the rubbing.  One is to get wheels with more BS so the tires are pushed outwards. This is not cheap since you'll need 4 new wheels.  Not to mention if you go with too much BS, your tires stick out past the stock flares, making it look awkward and illegal in CA and many other states.

The other option is to get some washers and move the stops out a bit.  They are already adjusted out some already.  If you wanted even tighter steering then you'd remove the bolt alltogether but then you'd probably damage your U-joints on the front axles.

The third option would be to not use larger tires and stick to the tamer trails.  You'll get better gas mileage and shouldn't have any complaints with performance.  But then that's not a option for ost of us here. :wink:
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wheel rub on a tj need help
« Reply #16 on: July 21, 2006, 08:15:56 PM »
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Well, I've driven in LA quite a bit and never did a U-turn. Always knew where I was going and never had to backtrack


Yeah, well, here, U-Turns are what you have to do to get from A to B in some incorporated areas  :lol: But, hey, if you can live with the rub with 35's then anythings possible.