Poor Ride Quality

I’m gonna chalk a lot of this up to installer error (myself). The flag nut was caught on the outside of the axle bracket giving the illusion of it being tight via the ratchet. Removed it, straightened it, made sure it was flush inside the bracket housing and tightened her home. I was actually able to get 4-5 full turns more out of it. Night and day difference as far as steering goes, but still not perfect. No bump steer either. Just some unwanted feedback from the steering that feels like looseness in the gearbox/intermediate shaft

I did the dry steering test again and had a helper turn the wheel farther than the first time and the axle end is rock solid now. All other joints are good to go (one upper ball joint may have a hint of play via feel test). However, the frame side of the track bar moves about somewhat. Is this enough to worry about or just send it? I’m gonna try and tighten it some more since I just installed it last week and everything has had a good shake down.

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It is fine. I like to see a bit more stiffness in a bushing like that but it should work.
 
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I fell for the long arm kit back in 2004. But it did drive great though. I did have to replace the 2 piece track bar bushing every 3 months. Skyjacker rock ready long arm kit.

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The claims that long-arm suspension manufacturers and long-arm enthusiasts make about short arms riding stiffer at typical lift heights are complete BULLSHIT. They are nowhere close to being steep enough at typical suspension lift heights to cause a stiffer ride. I guess if you had a 8-10" suspension lift the short arm angles might then be steep enough to make the ride stiffer but not with typical suspension lift heights but that's it.

As can be seen below my short control arm angle with a 4" suspension lift height is flat enough that my ride is superb. I have to laugh when I see long-arm suspension lift owners bragging about their better rides due to the long arms. It's bullshit.

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I appreciate your time and honorable reply, Jerry. Like I mentioned, Im hear to learn, and share my experiences. Not to figure out riddles from members who don't have clear answers.

Cheers

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I appreciate your time and honorable reply, Jerry. Like I mentioned, Im hear to learn, and share my experiences. Not to figure out riddles from members who don't have clear answers.

Cheers

🙏

Homonyms are hard.

But nothing was a riddle, you just didn't diff the comments to know what you need to ask further on. No one here expects you to know it all, but we do expect you'll spend the time to understand your own issues and apply what you learn back.

I doubt you'll ever be unclear in "your experiences" 🙄
 
Homonyms are hard.

But nothing was a riddle, you just didn't diff the comments to know what you need to ask further on. No one here expects you to know it all, but we do expect you'll spend the time to understand your own issues and apply what you learn back.

I doubt you'll ever be unclear in "your experiences" 🙄

I had to google Homonyms.
 
They dont call it "rough country" for nothing!!!
I replaced their junky shocks with TeraFlex ones that seem to be OK. I have replaced their hard as a rock springs with Rock Krawler 2 inch progressive springs. I started with a 2.5 inch long arm kit. It handles very good otherwise. the RK springs do add a little more body sway than i was used to with the RC springs, but the ride quality is far better.
 
@FultonD33 your profile says you're using Gladiator wheels. Looks like those are either 18 X 7.5 or 17 X 7.5, but you said you're running 33" tires? Just trying to get an idea of your actual wheel diameter to tire height.
 
Yes, 285/70r17 (33” tires)

In general, larger sidewalls provide better ride quality aired up, and more deflection/contact aired down for trails. If you have access (a spare set, or a good friend), you could try putting on some 15" wheels with 33" to compare.
 
Homonyms are hard.

But nothing was a riddle, you just didn't diff the comments to know what you need to ask further on. No one here expects you to know it all, but we do expect you'll spend the time to understand your own issues and apply what you learn back.

I doubt you'll ever be unclear in "your experiences" 🙄

My experience tells me people like to play games via social media. I just prefer direct answers / information.