1 ton Steering???

So Alex (Ba-Reido) and I went to reiter today with a few friends. The day was fun, we ran up and down Izzy, and goofed off on some stumps. We then headed up sac-up. We were about 100 yards from the end of it when, I felt my steering go loose. I could barley turn the wheel to the left, but i could turn it all the way to the right. I asked Kyle to look at my steering linkage.. He said, "Its bent to shit!!"

So nedless to say we spent 2 hours fixing it. I was stuck also wich didnt help because it was very hard to get to anything under the Jeep.

Brian and I taking off the skid plate to get a better look.

The carnage...

Also bent the steering shock..


Tie rod out and ready to be fixed..

Fixed...

Steering shock


I have to say, driving home was an "adventure"......

Keil

Yeah that was quite an adventure, I just got ACRO 1 ton steering installed yesterday and between that and my new cage with tube flares I was having a blast.

Oh and keil... Learn to spell, Riedo i before e, come on now.

I would also like to point out how important that a real hi-lift jack is. Without that removeable handle on mine we would have been pretty bad off.

-Alex

Ba-Riedo said:

Without that removeable handle on mine we would have been pretty bad off.

-Alex

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Damn right. We woulda been screwed...

keil

that happen to me before. but i was trying to climb between a boulder the size of a special bus and a 22ft cliff. I actually bent my tierod in the shape of a V and my steering stabilizer broke in 2. i parked it up on a hill and had a wrangler with a winch hooked up to my steering winch it somewhat straight so i could at least get off the trail. no way in hell i was able to drive it home, had to get it trailered home by a buddy. it was awesome. i had the pics on a camera that got stolen out of a home robbery. wish i had that camera. that had all the pics from rubicon when i went up there with the Jeeps-r-us crew out of Laguna beach CA

I'd like to point out that if that skid plate wasn't there, you would have ran straight into the object that bent it into a U. That would have only tweeked it slightly.

Unless of course, you did it with your tire propped against a tree and tried to turn?

mud1059 said:

I'd like to point out that if that skid plate wasn't there, you would have ran straight into the object that bent it into a U. That would have only tweeked it slightly.

Unless of course, you did it with your tire propped against a tree and tried to turn?

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He bent it first we think, and then it got wedged and bent more, now he has a ZJ setup and should post pictures shortly.

-Alex

UPDATE:

Here is what it looks like with the ZJ Tie Rod in, drives great now....



And what I'm working on right now, Putting a bigger steering pump into my XJ...



Gotta love pull-a-part. Got bothof these parts for $25.

Keil

Is this a common failure point?

rooneypower said:

Also bent the steering shock..

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thats looks oh so familiar



sept it took me like 6 times to figure out the 1 ton upgrade :banghead:

Yup

Keil

mojojojo said:

sept it took me like 6(in one wheeling trip) times to figure out the 1 ton upgrade :banghead:

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fixed it

WaXJ_Skier said:

fixed it

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:moon:

touche'

and that ZJ set up will only get you so far until you blow out the pass. side TRE from steep angles. Its good and strong just too much stress on that TRE. Ran it for quite some time and then tossed for the Currie, and love it. Not a fan of the inverted T set ups.