Just bought a CJ5. My front tire rubs the driver side header on sharp left turns...

Besides SOA, full size axles, or inside frame shorty headers, etc... Is there a cheap easy way to fix this?

What about a wheel spacer or something? If I could find like a 1" spacer for each of 4 corners that might do it... What do you all think???

Smaller tires.
Cheap way, don't turn so sharp!

If I could find like a 1" spacer for each of 4 corners that might do it... What do you all think???

why space all four corners? just space the front. there's nothing wrong with having a little more width up front.

or there are some screws on the back of the knuckle that can be "backed-out" and serve as a turning stop. Just back the screw out a little to limit your turning to save your tires. You can change the backspacing of the wheels. there are several possibilities. How big are the tires?

Adjust your steering stops. You won't lose much turning radius, but will solve the problem.

Cheap way, don't turn so sharp!
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or there are some screws on the back of the knuckle that can be "backed-out" and serve as a turning stop. Just back the screw out a little to limit your turning to save your tires.

PLEASE tell me which screws are you referring to; AGAIN I AM A NEWBIE!!! I just went and checked it out and they all look like they serve a purpose, I don't want to accidently back out the wrong one!!!

You can change the backspacing of the wheels.

Also I am curious how to do that??? Does that mean I need new rims? Or is this the spacer way I was talking about???

How big are the tires?

33 x 11.50 BFG MT's (pictures to come later today- it's finally sunny!!!)

PLEASE tell me which screws are you referring to; AGAIN I AM A NEWBIE!!! I just went and checked it out and they all look like they serve a purpose, I don't want to accidently back out the wrong one!!!




It's a bolt on the knuckle.

PLEASE tell me which screws are you referring to; AGAIN I AM A NEWBIE!!! I just went and checked it out and they all look like they serve a purpose, I don't want to accidently back out the wrong one!!!

I am assuming it is a D30. In this picture you can see two bright red tierod boots. look slightly above and to the right of those shiney red boots and you can sorta see a silver rectangle sticking out of the knuckle to the right. That is a bolt that can be screwed in and out. When you turn and the knuckle gets close to the axle housing, the head of the bolt hits the axle housing and stops the wheels from turning; hence - it is a steering stop.

http://members.cox.net/rough-riders/tech_page/dana30/knuckleshaft.jpg

Also I am curious how to do that??? Does that mean I need new rims? Or is this the spacer way I was talking about???

my guess is that since you asked this question that you do not have wheels that can be recentered so you would either have to get different wheels or use the spacers to effectivley change the backspacing.

33 x 11.50 BFG MT's (pictures to come later today- it's finally sunny!!!)

Thre is no need to wait for the sun to come out so you can take a picture.

WOW, Yours is SUPER CLEAN... Not sure if I have the D30 or not? It is stock 68' front axle...

I wanted to wait for the sun to come out so you could actually see what I am taking pictures of! I will upload a bunch later today or tomarrow am!!! I may start another post as a "build up" thread and show all sorts of pictures... In any event THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE INFO! I AM GOING TO HUNT FOR THAT BOLT RIGHT NOW!

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL THE INFO!

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