Raised Surf

[wattyg]

i hav just raised my surf 2.5" then added spacers and ball joint spacers. looks good drives good. very firm but good. before i did all this the jeep always pulled left. and now after get camber etc all done it still does. iv recently found the back axle sitting out. o/s/r/ wheel ever so slightly further back than near side. these are not adjustable. so ANY IDEAS.????????? cheers watty

[Andy]

The pullinig to the left could be the steering idler need new bushes or a new arm, also the problem with the rear wheels could be that as it's raised the panhard rod needs to be dropped to bring the axle into line again, the higher the suspension the more it pulls the axle over, two ways of doing it, 1/ weld a bracket on to lower the mount or 2/ get an adjustable panhard rod to make it longer.

[wattyg]

with the total lift bein 4.5 inches. i dropped the panhard so it was just above horizontal. should it run parallel with the axle. as mines is up at the right. also is there a bush kit for the front idler etc? cheers

[Andy]

You can get the bushes from Roughtrax http://www.roughtrax4x4.com/?doc=11&cid=142

The rear panhard rod should look like in this picture http://www.roughtrax4x4.com/?doc=11&cid=147 but to get it correct you will need to measure the distance from wheel to outside of the wheel arches, so from what you say I think that the axle is being pulled over to one side.