Walking off center steering wheel issue

Darrell

New Member
Original poster
Joined
Jul 22, 2017
Messages
3
Location
Upstate South Carolina
New to forum, Have owned a Cherokee, 2000 TJ, and just bought a 2nd 2000 TJ.

Even though my first 2000 TJ was great, except for the frame rot that became evident at the trans support rail (traded for a 41MPH Fiat 500). I have 2 questions about the new one, a solid 5 spd Sahara.

?1 - The steering wheel was slightly off center when we got it. 300 miles - and it seems to be getting worse (walking). All is tight, expert 3 in lift, tall tires, tracks and drives excellent except for this steering wheel issue. Read items in forum on how to straighten off center, but nothing about one getting worse whem driven, (not off-roaded yet)

?2 - Jeep sat in basement for 2 years before we bought it. On take off it has a clutch/pressure plate stumble until you get it rolling. Does what it spose to up and down the gears. Slight TOB noise is noticed. I'm thinking TOB problem and maybe slave or clutch master. Feels like something is sticking when clutch first make contact.

Any experience advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks
 
New to forum, Have owned a Cherokee, 2000 TJ, and just bought a 2nd 2000 TJ.

Even though my first 2000 TJ was great, except for the frame rot that became evident at the trans support rail (traded for a 41MPH Fiat 500). I have 2 questions about the new one, a solid 5 spd Sahara.

?1 - The steering wheel was slightly off center when we got it. 300 miles - and it seems to be getting worse (walking). All is tight, expert 3 in lift, tall tires, tracks and drives excellent except for this steering wheel issue. Read items in forum on how to straighten off center, but nothing about one getting worse whem driven, (not off-roaded yet)

?2 - Jeep sat in basement for 2 years before we bought it. On take off it has a clutch/pressure plate stumble until you get it rolling. Does what it spose to up and down the gears. Slight TOB noise is noticed. I'm thinking TOB problem and maybe slave or clutch master. Feels like something is sticking when clutch first make contact.

Any experience advice would be very much appreciated. Thanks
All the replies were appreciated. Turns out two years ago after the 3in lift, the shop that did the alignment didn't tighten the turn buckle on the steering link. This was allowing the link to lengthen with vibration, and caused the steering wheel to go further off center each time you drove it. Very little road time and all the basement time kept this from becoming an issue till now.
BTW, I'm going to repair the clutch problem by replacing it flywheel to pedal.