When is a soufflé done?
When it has risen above the rim of the dish, has a nice brown top, and feels mostly firm with only a little jiggle when you tap the top.
Adding detail. My initial message didn't have enough information. Need some help with front pinion and caster. I have 04 TJ lifted 3 to 3.5 inches, running on 31s. No death wobble to speak of but it wanders on the Hwy and steering wheel doesn't come back to center when turning without help. I have OEM control arms, switching to adjustable all the way around. I know pinion is more important than caster based on other threads, but need some help to determine both. Pics are from front drive shaft, where drive shaft goes into the axle and flat spot on front of axle. What am I missing to figure out current pinion and caster?
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I go off the way @mrblaine explained it, but I’ll probably Jack up the details.
1. Set the new adjustable arms so the pinion points down (the top of the Axke Inner C is further to the rear of the Jeep than the lower).
The exactl number can be different per Jeep.
Go until slight vibes and then go back up with the pinion until no vibes. If your Caster is good, and no vibes, you’re set.
Perfect. Thank you for all the input! I'll let you know how it goes, no vibrations today from front or back, so I do like the idea of starting with swapping out the arms at current length and tweaking from there. However, because the front wheel is a little back from center in the wheel well, I was also thinking of adding a 1/4 inch to bottom control arms. Or should I add a 1/4 inch to top and bottom and then tweak?
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However, ideally the axle should be centered at full compression (not at ride height), so the bump stops are lined up.