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Hey all, just want some opinions on my wife's Jeep. It is a Laredo 4wd, has 4.0, completely stock, 237,000 miles and counting. Have done these needed repairs sometime within the last year...both front wheel bearings, tie rods and tube, front sway bar bushings (the ones that attach the front sway bar to the frame under the radiatior), front sway bar links, shocks all around, rear axle seals, front prop shaft. Have also reduced the steering slop by adjusting the steering box just a tad tighter.
Issue is since we got it about 40,000 miles ago used, it has wandered down a straight level stretch of road/highway. It has never bothered us much until the past few months. Now we really have to "saw" the steering wheel to keep it straight.
The thing that has changed very recently is when we turn into our driveway... the road is a good slope downhill and the driveway is a left turn going up a steep hill, so the suspension articulates quite a bit. We now hear a clunk/pop noise when we are turning in.
I have done some research and have come across the fact that the rear contol arm bushings can wear out, and that the rear axle has a ball joint at the top above the pumpkin? Can the bushings and/or the ball joint make the Jeep wander?
Issue is since we got it about 40,000 miles ago used, it has wandered down a straight level stretch of road/highway. It has never bothered us much until the past few months. Now we really have to "saw" the steering wheel to keep it straight.
The thing that has changed very recently is when we turn into our driveway... the road is a good slope downhill and the driveway is a left turn going up a steep hill, so the suspension articulates quite a bit. We now hear a clunk/pop noise when we are turning in.
I have done some research and have come across the fact that the rear contol arm bushings can wear out, and that the rear axle has a ball joint at the top above the pumpkin? Can the bushings and/or the ball joint make the Jeep wander?