Jeep ride improvement / quick disconnects

[mrblaine]

I have a 1998 with Rusty’s 3inch lift (2010)5100 bilsteins in the rear (2012) and Rusty’s shocks in the front. A quick disconnect was installed. All this by the first owner. I notice it can sway and bounce a lot on roadways with bumps. Might be just a Jeep thing/ lifted. Would you think the quick disconnect being a fixed system or new shocks would make an improvement on roadway driving? It appears the first owner was more of a rock crawler but in its age, I’m just trying to make it a nice road vehicle with minimum off-road inc to extend the life with its 140k miles. Any advice?

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I don't give a shit what your tire pressure is.
How much shock shaft is showing at ride height?
Flip the draglink stabilizer mount around. The bolt goes behind, U-bolts go behind.
Inverted T is crap steering, get rid of it and go to inverted Y or the stock style.
Report back.

 

[TheBoogieman]

OME right?

OME 15 years ago. Their shocks are on par with RC now.

 

[DuckNut]

Maybe you should look into the oil leak first. Or was that the PO's way of rust proofing?

LOL... everything in front of the leak is rusted.

Maybe the PO bed lined the underside to prevent the leaks and then covered it up with the grease spray.

 

[MikekiM]

Thank you! I’ll try that tire pressure. I thought below 30 would be too low. Didn’t think I could go that light but I will definitely try it!

You can try proving out the tire pressure using the Chalk Test. Not 100% accurate, and I am not going any farther with this comment, but I'll say my chalk test matched my "seat of the pants" test and landed me at 24-26 psi. Tire wear over the last 50k is looking fine.

I'm running 33 12.50 15 at 24.5 psi. No problems.

Exactly the same here.

I don't give a shit what your tire pressure is.
How much shock shaft is showing at ride height?
Flip the draglink stabilizer mount around. The bolt goes behind, U-bolts go behind.
Inverted T is crap steering, get rid of it and go to inverted Y or the stock style.
Report back.

Glad there are people here know more than I do..