Yeah, i didn't know that, i'm a complete beginner at all of this. I honestly haven't read to much on the SYE, from what i understood, i thought this was used my most to prevent vibrations that come w most lifts...
Dumb question, but how much would adjustable control arms benifit me for highway use??? I live in the desert, almost all flat ground here, so any off-roading my jeep will see will mostly be trailing, but like i mentioned before, my jeep won't see much of the dirt at all. I'm going to look into adjustable control arms, but if you could plz just give me a headstart and eplain the basics of their function, i would highly appriciate it
When you lift a Jeep, your pinion angle changes. Thus, you install an SYE and CV shaft to help combat those changes. But, a CV shaft requires a different pinion angle than the stock shaft does. For instance, the stock geometry should look like this:
After you install the SYE/CV shaft, you need to rotate the axle so that you pinion then looks like this:
To do this, you need upper and lower adjustable control arms so that you can fix the pinion angle, and properly place the axle so that at full bump you have no interference.
Okay i read up on some adjustable control arms, and i definalty want to throw that in my budget, my question now is... which ones do i need?? I mean i seen front upper, front lower, rear upper, and rear lower. @ around $200-$250 a pair, thats a grip load of money :/
I assume you've read what Imped wrote by now; I pretty much feel the same way. I currently daily drive my TJ, and will do so until I can buy myself a beater for work. Personally, I went the cheap route once and will never do it again. I need the reliability good parts provide. Like Imped said, I like to wheel all weekend without having to worry about fixing what I've broke so that I can get to work on Monday. So in my opinion, good quality parts are what you should go with. Buying cheaper means you'll be wearing out parts faster, and spending more time fixing problems. I did that for a while and decided I wanted my evenings and weekends back, as well as finally have a reliable vehicle.
Parts are expensive, but that's just the way it is. If you want to do things properly, you're going to have to shell out a few bucks. One way to look at it is if you buy quality stuff the first time, you won't be paying to fix a million little problems in the long run.
As far as control arm recommendations, I'd get anything with Johnny Joints at
both ends. Savvy, Currie, and Rokmen are three good places to get those.
