1stDeuce
Explorer
To the OP, if you want to take it somewhere and get an alignment, that will resolve your issue. As pointed out above, you can also fix the steering wheel centering yourself, assuming your Jeep is relatively new, or not rusted. If you want to do it yourself, you should also check toe, which is easy to do with a tape measure. The tie rod adjusts toe, while the drag link adjusts steering wheel centering. Do toe first. You want ~1/8" of toe in measured with a tape. You can youtube it or google it for more explanation, but it is easy.
Caster is another issue. If I recall correctly, the RC kit leaves you a bit short on caster, and the arms aren't adjustable. So you need to replace the lower control arm bolts down at the axle with caster cam bolts. On a JK, it's not terribly fun because the factory didn't knock out the slot that they require, so you have to use a die grinder and open them up. So... Set the toe and center the steering and drive it. If it drives OK for you, then you're good. If it wanders, it's likely because you don't have enough caster. Put cam bolts in and set them to max caster, which will probably put you right in spec.
And there you have it, the quick and dirty version of doing your own alignment, for virtually free. The cam bolts are available at Oreilly, p/n 82390.
Caster is another issue. If I recall correctly, the RC kit leaves you a bit short on caster, and the arms aren't adjustable. So you need to replace the lower control arm bolts down at the axle with caster cam bolts. On a JK, it's not terribly fun because the factory didn't knock out the slot that they require, so you have to use a die grinder and open them up. So... Set the toe and center the steering and drive it. If it drives OK for you, then you're good. If it wanders, it's likely because you don't have enough caster. Put cam bolts in and set them to max caster, which will probably put you right in spec.
And there you have it, the quick and dirty version of doing your own alignment, for virtually free. The cam bolts are available at Oreilly, p/n 82390.
