Okay, its all together but the rear axle is moved over more than 1/2 inch, so much that the tire rubs the spring mount so I can't drive it until I fix it. My research tells me the problem is the track bar, which holds the axle in place and which pivots and because it is raised higher it pivots the axle less to the left than it was before. Seems I can get either a new bracket for the track bar or an adjustable track bar. I think I'll get the new adjustable track bar because I've read the brackets get fatigued or loosen.

Also I've been advised that the front axle has likely moved over as well due to the front tracking bar also pivoting down at a different angle due to the lift. So I will have to get an adjustable track bar for the front as well. They cost about $117 each (free shipping).

What frustrates me the most about this is I would have bought the track bars when I bought the springs and shocks and cam bolts and steering stabilizer, if only BDS had told me I'd need them. As soon as I described the problem to their tech guy he told me its the track bar --and yet they don't even carry a front bar for anything smaller than a 3" lift, even though they sold me a 2" lift. Now after having had it apart 3 days and thinking I'm finally done I find I need to order parts and can't drive it until the days go by waiting for the parts.

It seems to me the suspension co's should advise about the axles moving over before you buy the kit. Personally, I want to have the Jeep centered on the axles and am willing to change the track bars to do the job right. The lift co's seem content to sell kits that put the vehicle off-center without advising the buyer . I'd condemn BDS more forcefully on this except none of the other 2" kits I checked out mention this problem either, and none mentioned anything about the track bar, and come to think of it in all the questions I asked here and everywhere else about which lift to get nobody ever mentioned the track bar either.

So is this unusual that I need it for a 2" lift on a TJ or is it just a conspiracy of silence I've discovered?