Hi all
my 2009 unlimited crd has now 110.000k on the clock, has travelled though out aus including the simpson, canning, kimberley, etc. shortly after buying i fitted an aev lift and while then they came with castor correction bolts i felt there was a little bump steer present ( i mean by this when i hit a pot hole the steering wheel would jar a little. no wobbles though) i purchased adj front trailing arms (superlift black diamond) and increased the castor to around 7 deg. no bump steer, no wobbles. standard panhard /track bar.
in the 110,000 k i have only had 3 wheel alignments the last at around 50,000k, an have very even tyre wear as you can see by my mileage of my first set of tyres,
my tyres from new have been bfg km2 muddies 285/70/17 from which the first set lasted over 90,000k.
from my recollection the aev kit did come with some different bolts to use, but also the reuse of standard bolts was also used in different places. of course alot of bolts were loosened and re tightened.
This post has just been some info for thought as i'm no expert, but i do believe maybe the castor has a large bearing on how unsettled the front end can become.
cheers
Steve
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