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Image 1 — Front Sway Bar length for 2.5 inch lift?
Image 2 — Front Sway Bar length for 2.5 inch lift?
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Front Sway Bar length for 2.5 inch lift?

1997 Jeep Wrangler with a 2.5 inch RC lift. Previous owner kept the stock sway bar links resulting in a downward sway bar angle. I ended up buying a teraflex sway bar link quick disconnect that is 10 inches long from the center holes. What I didnt account for was the extra 1 inch for the "U" bracket at the top. So its really 11 inches long. Im estimating that the angle for the front sway bar will be about 12-15 degrees once installed. I just eye balled it and measured the angle with my phone.

I know a neutral angle or slighly upward angle is ideal. Will I be pushing the limit if im around the 15 degree range?

I attached a photo of my new links side by side with the stock ones. You can see how my sway bar is currently pointing downwards about -8 degrees.

u/FF_Moo923 — 5 days ago
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Started seeing a few drops on the ground the last 3 days. Its not massive, but Its a noticeable wet spot on the ground about 2inx3in. It most certainly looks like coolant. The drops looks clean and not dark. My oil also is very clean. Heater core hoses dont have a leak, no leak around my water pump or the lower/upper radiator hose.

The leak seems to be coming from the area around my valve cover. That entire area is already quite moist since I have a valve cover leak. The leak also seems to stop once the engine has cooled down, but there will be slow drops for the first 10-15 mins after shutting the engine off

The drops im noticing are dripping down near the oil drain plug. Any possible ideas?

u/FF_Moo923 — 13 days ago

1997 Jeep Wrangler, 102,000 miles, Manual

Im planning to buy teraflex sway bar links but im kinda tied between the options. I can choose their "0-2 inch lift" option which is basically the same length as the OEM links. Or I can buy their "3-6 inch lift" option which has link 2 inches longer than OEM.

My jeep has a 2-2.5inch lift, but with my OEM sway bar links, the sway bar itself is kind of angled downward. Do you think its worth moving up to the 3-6 inch lift option to correct the geometry of the sway bar? Its angled about 10 degrees downward.

u/FF_Moo923 — 15 days ago

I drive a 1997 Jeep wrangler. Im slowly getting more comfortable driving, however I noticed that sometimes the car will slightly jerk when switching from 1st to 2nd gear. I usually shift into 2nd gear when I hit around 2500 RPMs. When shifting I basically push on the gas pedal until RPMs go to about 2500, then release the gas pedal, clutch in, shift gear, clutch out.

Should I avoid quickly shifting gears and spend like 1 second in neutral before I jump into second gear? And am i shifting at too high or too low of an RPM?

I have been to mechanic shops and 4x4 shops and they always compliment the way the clutch feels and how the vehicle drives. So I know that this is all a skill issue since im still learning how to drive stickshift.

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u/FF_Moo923 — 20 days ago